In video, health spokesperson reveals when person ‘in contact’ with person with corona needs a lab sample

Al-Marsad Journal: Health Ministry spokesman Dr Muhammad Al-Abd Al-Aali clarified today, Thursday, the definition of a contact person and the topics applicable to him in order to ” be in touch, during the press conference organized on the developments of the Corona virus.

Al-Abd Al-Aali said, “The person who has been in direct contact with a person who has tested positive for the coronavirus, and an example of direct communication is: shaking hands, and he was within a time not less than a quarter of an hour sitting near the infected person at a distance of less than two or two and a half meters, adding that During this approximation there was no precaution. Above all, do not wear a muzzle.

And “Al-Abd Al-Aali” added: “If these questions are available, he applies the definition of contact to the person, and here he must take the necessary precautions and preventive matters, including performing a laboratory examination. to check.”

In the event that the conditions of the contact person or some of them do not match, the person should monitor their condition, and if symptoms appear on them, they should immediately go to the hospital or clinics “Tataman To check his state of health.