The Ministry of Health and Community Protection has issued a guide to the domestic quarantine guidelines for the emerging corona virus, specifying the quarantine requirements for those suspected of contracting the "Covid 19" virus, the procedures that must be observed in assessing the place of residence for the home quarantine, and how to spend time during the 14 days of the quarantine.

For his part, the media office of the Abu Dhabi government confirmed that the emirate is implementing strict precautionary measures to preserve the health and safety of its residents, since the announcement of the discovery of the new Corona virus "Covid 19", as the health and safety of society is a priority.

In detail, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, in cooperation with the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, the Health Authority in Dubai and the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health, issued a guide to the domestic quarantine guidelines for the emerging corona virus, calling on people who were applied to the home quarantine due to the suspected virus, to arrange the possibility of performing their work tasks From inside the house, if possible. And communicate with their children's schools to provide them with homework and homework by regular mail or email.

She also advised not to rely entirely on television and technology, to pass the time, and to deal with quarantine as an opportunity to practice hobbies and do some things that were not available to perform, such as drawing and reading.

The guide called for the necessity of taking into consideration the family members staying at home and not allowing visitors to come. He said that safety procedures require the identification of only one adult, to take care of the quarantined person, who has been exposed to infection. It is best to keep pregnant women away from this, because a pregnant woman is at an increased risk of complications from many injuries, which necessitates keeping the quarantined person, who has been or is suspected of being infected, away from other family members.

The guide urged other family members to stay in their bedroom, with the door closed, and not to share the bedrooms. If he needs to enter a common area with others, he must stay within one meter or more of them, to reduce the spread of the disease.

He also urged wearing the mask, arranging the use of one bathroom exclusively, and keeping personal items separately.

The evidence indicated that what is meant by domestic quarantine is to stay at home and avoid contact with others, if the person has been infected with an infectious disease or has been exposed to it, until the period of infection ends, or until he knows that he did not transmit the infection to anyone else.

Quarantine helps slow the spread of infection in the population.

The evidence explains that "a person may be asked to stay at home 14 days after symptoms appear on him, or after he is first exposed to someone who has the disease."

The guide identified 11 criteria that must be observed in the quarantine place, which included providing a single room with a private bathroom, easy access to educational materials about the disease, the availability of basic services (water, electricity, garbage collection, heating or air conditioning, ventilation, entertainment, and provision of medicines and treatments for injured people With chronic diseases), the availability of basic supplies (clothing, food, hygiene items, and laundry services) and contact, including telephone, for monitoring by health workers, reporting symptoms, accessing support services, communicating with the family, and accessing workers In the field of health care or ambulance personnel, and provide tools for testing and evaluation (temperature measuring device records fever according Tvtadhah need), and provide phone numbers to report symptoms or access to services and emergency numbers and health authorities if necessary, in addition to the provision of psychological support.

Other criteria included the necessity of using a disinfectant to clean surfaces (tables, beds, bathroom surfaces), and to monitor the general health condition. For example, if there are breathing problems, or chest pain, seek medical help.

The manual also urged the use of face masks to reduce the risk of infection, get a lot of rest, drink lots of water, and maintain a healthy diet.

He pointed to the need to use a face mask when contacting others, and make sure that the mask was well fitted, and disposed of after using it once, and wash the face and hands well with soap and water immediately after taking it off, and before touching anything else.

The media office of the Abu Dhabi government also confirmed that the health sector in the emirate is taking strict precautionary measures to ensure the safety of its residents, and to limit the spread of Corona Virus «Covid 19», indicating, in a video posted on the official account of the office on the social networking site «Twitter», that the measures It starts from the early warning systems for health conditions, and extends to the sterilization of public places and transportation, daily, the preparation of qualified medical teams working around the clock, strengthening the medical supplies store, activating thermal detection systems in the air, sea and land ports, and intensifying awareness campaigns.

Patient identification and isolation

The Abu Dhabi Public Health Center recommended postponing all health activities and events to be held during the months of March, April, and May, within the framework of scientific data related to the new Corona Virus "Covid 19". .

The center stated, in a circular to the medical facilities in the emirate, that the decision comes in conjunction with the announcement of more countries to discover Corona virus infections, and with the increasing number of cases discovered in countries of the year and the region. This has prompted the World Health Organization to raise its assessment of the risk of a global pandemic due to the emerging high-risk corona virus.

The Center stressed the need for health facilities in the emirate to be prepared to deal with suspected or confirmed cases of the virus, with the need to ensure the training of staff, and provide them with capabilities to enable them to immediately identify and isolate patients and suspects, and to inform the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health about the case electronically, and monitor health care staff , Who have experienced cases of the emerging coronavirus, or have a travel history of the mentioned countries, take standard precautions, contact and prevent airborne infection with patients, or confirmed or suspected corpses of the emerging coronavirus.

The tasks involved in medical facilities included collecting one sample of the lower respiratory tract (sputum or bronchial lavage) for patients with symptoms of the lower respiratory tract.

As for patients who do not suffer from these symptoms, or those who are difficult to collect samples from, one sample of the nasopharynx must be collected and sent to the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City reference laboratory, in addition to a re-examination of a new sample in healthy deteriorating cases, or when there is a high suspicion of infection , Based on epidemiological investigation data.

Safety procedures require only one adult person to be cared for.

- The guide urged the use of masks and to get rest and drink a lot of water.

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Abu Dhabi's strict precautionary measures to maintain the safety of its residents.

- «Health» advised to deal with quarantine as an opportunity to practice drawing and reading.