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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Health Council last to know the evolution of the case of a patient "Corona


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The patient's brother "Corona": Prince ensure treatment expenses
Situation improved citizen injured PAL "Corona"
Council did not know about the situation until after the announcement of the news from the World Health
Family transferred him to London Swiss plane
Hamad Hospital refused to move without endorsing his brother to take responsibility
  • Statement of Health to transfer the patient from British Hamad Hospital is real
  • Non-health follow-up "health" of the patient since his illness, otherwise why not Ieljoh before aggravation of his condition?
  • My brother talk about the injury of kidney failure is incorrect
  • We turned to a private hospital after doctors failed Hamad to remedy the situation
  • WHO urges doctors around the world to report any case
 Books - Ibrahim Badawi:
Confirmed brother patient Qatari infected with "Corona" new, and lying now at a hospital in Britain, that if his brother is stable and gradually improving, contrary to what appeared in the news agencies, and after that began to move his eyes two days ago, also receded pneumonia testimony doctors, pointing that the state sponsored treatment expenses.

He told the flag: The lung brother was inflamed and Off 90% upon arrival at the hospital, "غيز Land St. Thomas" British past 15 days, they are beginning to recover after being placed on a respirator, pointing out that despite the situation remains critical but doctors They stabilize the heartbeat and oxygen in the blood and despite the presence of some kidney infections, but they seem to be in better condition than in the beginning of the HIV infection.

He criticized what he described as the lack of transparency about the statement of the Supreme Council of Health announcing the transfer of the patient from Hamad Hospital, the British is the truth .. Stressing that the patient's family transferred him by helicopter Swiss at their own expense after Hamad Hospital's request for special equipment on board .. Stressing on the falsity of the statement on the follow-up of the Supreme Council of the patient for some time, but they treated him from the beginning by the worsening of the situation.

He stressed that the Supreme Council of Health did not know anything about the case of his brother only after the announcement of the news by the British Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization, and the Council was wrong in mentioning about the suffering of his brother from kidney failure two months ago
.. Pointing out that the flight details sick to his brother began after returning from Umrah week where began to feel shortness of breath and cough, flu and was transferred him to a hospital Hamad Medical doctors giving him some antibiotics after measuring pressure, diabetes and heart and told him it was fine and that the problem lies in the slight increase in cholesterol .
. Adding: not diagnostic well as continued suffering of my brother and we went by subsequently to a private hospital gave him an injection antibiotic severe called "Tstroyn" may have led to irritation virus strongly as resulted in a serious deterioration in his condition occurred narrow severe breathing we have quoted then to hospital Hamad again.

He continued: did not stay my brother Hospital Hamad only one night, the next day, we asked to move on our ambulance jumper for treatment in London and the hospital to communicate by helicopter from Dubai but they were not to have the necessary equipment to transport the patient was contacted by plane other Swiss by some friends and we are moving at our own expense and we have receipts to prove it.
He pointed out that immediately after the arrival of his brother to the hospital was put on a respirator to work on the rest lung, which suffered a lot during that period and two of his brothers to the hospital along with his sons accompany him now.

In a telephone conversation's flag with sister facilities to the patient in London, assured us that the state of his brother in a continuous improvement since 4 days, and pneumonia down the testimony of doctors who expressed optimism improved the situation, and they did not expect this development in light of the start of the patient to restore awareness The feeling of those around him.
He said: transfer my brother to London has the efforts of personal full, where Hamad Hospital refused to move claiming that it will not bear the travel only approved after it signed to approve moving on my own responsibility, has been ordered aircraft from Dubai, but they were not equipped and asked again through our personal relationship of Zurich, Switzerland, at our own expense.

On a reported injury brother acute kidney failure, he said that this is totally false and claims to prove securities official and vice versa, the case of his brother, significantly improved the testimony of doctors.
Dr. Mohammed Al-Hajri Director health protection and disease control transitional Supreme Council of Health said he was introduced patient dated September 8 intensive care in Hamad General Hospital before deteriorating condition were then sent the patient to London to undergo Vhsoat at the hands of the Committee of health protection (HBA) as supplied to him medical evacuation aircraft, while the World Health Organization declared the Qatari citizen diagnosed with a virus looks like severe acute respiratory syndrome "(SARS)," which he called "Corona" after returning from performing Umrah at the end of the last month of Ramadan.

In context, the World Health Organization urged yesterday in the medical field in various parts of the world to report any patient infected with severe respiratory and may have traveled to Saudi Arabia or Qatar and subjected to a new virus-like virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ..
 The guidance Medical Health Organization for up to 194 member states that the medical personnel attention to anyone symptoms injury severe respiratory and possible rise in temperature accompanied by cough and require his treatment in the hospital and was in the area discovered the virus or been in contact with the case confirmed or suspected during the previous ten days.

The virus is defined as the coronary virus is linked to the roles the usual cold and belongs to the same family of virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which appeared in China in 2002 and infected 8,000 people worldwide and caused the death of 800 before control.
The link between the virus and Saudi Arabia to raise concern, especially with the near Hajj season where millions flock to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj .. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had identified a group of laboratories that can provide experts in the coronal virus states that you need.

DOH readies 'SARS rooms' to deal with new SARS-type cases



September 27, 2012 7:33am

The Department of Health is preparing the "SARS Rooms" in government hospitals to treat patients infected by a new coronavirus similar to one that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

DOH National Epidemiology Center head Enrique Tayag said this Thursday even as he said they have not received any report of Filipinos being infected by the new virus.

"Na-maintain natin ang SARS Room sa DOH hospitals. Naglagay tayo ng mga room na ito nang tinamaan tayo noon ng SARS,"Tayag said in an interview on dzBB radio, when asked about initial measures should there be cases of the new infection in the Philippines.

He also said Philippine authorities remain on alert after the World Health Organization issued an alert on the matter.

In 2003, the Philippines was affected by the SARS scare that began in neighboring China.

SARS is a severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus (species Severe acute respiratory syndrome virus of the genus Coronavirus), is transmitted especially by contact with infectious material (as respiratory droplets or body fluids), and is characterized by fever, headache, body aches, a dry cough, hypoxia, and usually pneumonia.

A Reuters report said SARS appeared in China in 2002 and infected more than 8,000 people around the world, killing around 800 of them before being brought under control.

Also in the Thursday morning dzBB interview Tayag said airports have already started routine screening of incoming passengers.

"Kung may darating sa ating bansa na makitang anumang sakit bibigyan natin ng option na magpatingin sa DOH hospitals," he said.

Among the symptoms of the new infection are difficulty in breathing and kidney failure, which is the unique characteristic of the recent cases.

Because of this, Tayag advised Filipinos experiencing coughs and [general body] weakness to seek treatment at a hospital.

On the other hand, he reminded doctors and medical personnel at hospitals to practice hygiene by washing their hands.

"Sa hospital dapat maagap sa paghugas ng kamay. Maraming sinisipon at inuubo, mag-practice na tayo ng hygiene," he said.

Tayag also admitted there is little information about the disease at this time since there have only been three recorded cases of the newest infection so far.

"Hindi pa malinaw kasi tatlong kaso ang nare-report (We still don't have a very clear picture because there have so far been only three reported cases)," he said. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/275788/news/nation/doh-readies-sars-rooms-to-deal-with-new-sars-type-cases

Philippines-Arriving passengers screened for corona virus



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Airport medical personnel on Thursday use a thermal scanner to monitor the arrival of passengers at the NAIA Centennial Airport for possible carriers of the corona virus

"Arab" reveals a letter from a doctor stating the beginning of "the mysterious virus Arabia"


Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 22:42
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Said Al Arabiya television, said the exchange of letters between a doctors in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the World Association for Infectious Diseases revealed details virus mysterious kind of "crowns" which was announced a few days ago, noting that while the Ministry of Health Saudi assurances that the disease is not serious, However, the World Health Organization (WHO) today urged all medical workers to report any patient with severe infection of the respiratory system.
In one of the messages sent by a doctor from Saudi Arabia to the World Organization revealed story virus, which began its details in the city of Jeddah, after the arrival of one of the cases that have emerged implications influenza A private hospitals in the history of 10 Sept., and began one of the doctors if the patient, who was insixty years old, and was diagnosed as suffering from severe flu and kidney failure, have been isolated virus for analysis by a specialist doctors in Microbiology, to be the first result that this virus is a type of "crowns", and return the doctor to make sure these details through analysis virus lab specialist in the Netherlands.
The laboratory Dutch, that the virus is not types of flu A or B, but is mysterious virus from the family of "crowns", and to which he belongs virus SARS, which has killed 800 people in nearly 10 years, and seven days after almost Ministry of Health announced Arabia discovery This virus caused two deaths and injuring a third person, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued on the same day a global alert about this mysterious virus.
The Arab that the Ministry "health" Saudi Arabia currently monitoring this situation closely, especially with the approaching pilgrimage season, in addition to the World Health Organization urged all medical workers in various parts of the world to report any patient infected with severe respiratory may be had traveled to Saudi Arabia or Qatar.  http://www1.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=798221&SecID=65&IssueID=0

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Letter from the doctor reveals the beginning of "the mysterious virus Arabia"


Letter from the doctor reveals the beginning of "the mysterious virus Arabia"

Sent to the World Health Organization details Hospital first infected in Jeddah


Revealed an exchange of letters between a doctors in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the World Association for Infectious Diseases details virus mysterious kind of "crowns" which was announced a few days ago.

 While the Ministry of Health Saudi assurances that the disease is not serious, but the World Health Organization urged today all workers in the medical field for reporting any patient infected with severe respiratory. 

At one of the messages sent by the doctor from Saudi Arabia to the World Organization revealed story virus that began in detail in the city of Jeddah, after the arrival of one of the cases that have emerged implications influenza A private hospitals in Date 10 September / current. doctors and began a case of a patient who was in the sixty years of age, and was diagnosed as suffering from severe flu and kidney failure.

7 Days between the discovery of the case disclosed

Been isolated virus for analysis by one of the doctors who specialize in microbiology, to be the first result that this virus is a type of "crowns", and return the doctor to make sure these details by analyzing the virus laboratory specialist in the Netherlands.

 confirmed laboratory Dutch that the virus is not types of flu A or B, but is mysterious virus from the family of "crowns", which belongs to the virus that causes SARS, which killed 800 people in nearly 10 years.
 after approximately seven days announced Saudi Ministry of Health for the discovery of this virus and causing two deaths and injuring a third person , to issue WHO on the same day an alert worldwide on this virus mysterious

monitors "health" Saudi Arabia is currently the situation closely, especially with the approach of the pilgrimage season, in addition to the World Health Organization urged all workers in the medical field in various parts of the world for reporting any patient infected with severe respiratory may have traveled to Saudi Arabia or Qatar. http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/09/26/240368.html

Isolated patients do not have SARS-like virus


Isolated patients do not have SARS-like virus

Hospitalized take disease home from the trip, but it is not coronavirus.

"They admitted something wrong, they have been home from the warm countries, as we do not have here in Denmark. But it is not coronavirus, "said Dr. from Statens Serum Institut, Donald Fomsgaard to politiken.dk.
"We are over in any flu, we found out, after today we have investigated patient samples for 25 different viruses'.
Therefore, the five patients since yesterday have been admitted to Odense University, now quietly go home and recuperate.

The same applies to the patient who is admitted to Hvidovre Hospital with the same symptoms as the five from Odense. The person are still waiting for that one at Statens Serum Institut find out what he or she fails.
However, it is ruled out in the case of coronavirus, says Anders Fomsgaard solid. He expects to have an answer ready for the patient within half an hour. http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1764936/isolerede-patienter-har-ikke-sars-lignende-virus/?

Hvidovre Hospital is not infected with coronavirus


Patients have not feared virus

Wednesday on 26th September 2012 kl. 16:0by Marie Joo Kim Jensen, mkij@tv2.dk for TV 2 Newsopd. on 26/9 2012, 16:35)
The five patients who yesterday was admitted to Odense University Hospital with symptoms of a new virus that has not been affected by the coronavirus, the state consultant at Department of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital Svend Stensvang to tv2.dk.
"They have all five influenza B and it fits completely fine with the clinical picture they had. One expects namely the corona virus is much more visible," he says.
Neither patient at Hvidovre Hospital is infected with coronavirus. Also in this case it was about an ordinary flu, says consultant at Statens Serum Institut, Thyra Krause to tv2.dk.
Svend Stensvang says that the virus may be impoteret, one of the five hospitalized have been in Qatar and has been in Saudi Arabia. The remaining three people have been infected by the first two after returning home.
"Influenza B is like an ordinary flu, you become infected by breathing., There is no activity with influenza B in Denmark or in Europe at the moment. Influenza B typically occurs in February or March," says Svend Stensvang.
He also says that the five patients now have it so well that they can be printed.
"You have to stay home if you are ill, but the five patients are in remission and does not constitute any risk of infection," says Svend Stensvang.
Health Protection Agency warned the start of the week that the Danes should contact their physician if they have recently been in Qatar or Saudi Arabia and subsequently have flu-like symptoms, coughing, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.  http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-57622572:patienter-har-ikke-frygtet-virus.html?forside

the five have so-called influenza B

http://www.sn.dk/Fem-personer-frikendt-for-sars-agtig-virus/Danmark/artikel/226968

Five patients not infected with corona virus


The five persons admitted for observation for corona virus at Odense University Hospital (University Hospital), can breathe a sigh of relief.
They are not infected with corona virus, but ordinary flu. This was stated by Chief Physician at University Hospital, Svend Stensvang-Pedersen, to ABC News.
The five patients - a family of four and one more person - was yesterday admitted for observation yesterday because they had synptomer the corona virus. They have now all been informed that they are not infected.

Five patients not infected with corona virus


Five patients not infected with corona virus

The five persons admitted for observation for corona virus at Odense University Hospital can breathe a sigh of relief.
They are not infected with the virus. This was stated by Chief Physician at University Hospital Svend Stensvang-Pedersen to BBC News.  http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2012/09/26/154213.htm

the CDC is aaaaful quiet..


 the CDC is aaaaful quiet..
 http://www.cdc.gov/media/archives.htm
 http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/
 https://twitter.com/CDCgov/with_replies

Virus on OUH?: Staff in armor

According to Svend Stensvang Pedersen, a senior consultant at the Department of Infectious Diseases, the family is isolated on a two-bed room - the kids do not take up so much, explains consultant - and the fifth patient is in a different room.  http://www.fyens.dk/article/2163234:Indland-Fyn--Virus-paa-OUH---Personalet-i-beskyttelsesdragter

Hvidovre Hospital patients in high-risk isolation


A patient arrived at Hvidovre Hospital yesterday, Tuesday, and are suspected of being infected with coronaviruses.
By Hanne Ida Alsbirk, Communications 



Photo: Joachim Rode

patient be isolated at Department of Infectious Diseases, until tests show whether the patient is positive or not. Later today, Wednesday, sample answer from Statens Serum Institut ready.

Corona Virus can cause serious infections of the respiratory tract and can potentially be fatal. The incubation period for the new Corona virus is not clear, but is supposed to be 7-10 days.

The man stayed in areas focused on in relation to Corona Virus and since he exhibits symptoms, he lies in high-risk isolation.

It should be emphasized that it is not yet confirmed that in the case of Corona Virus patient at Hvidovre Hospital. Facts: Read the Department of Infectious Diseases Odense University Hospital (University Hospital) received yesterday five people who are suspected of the same type of virus. Read more on dr.dk / news Statens Serum Institut Monday to talk about a case of Corona virus found in a patient in a hospital in England. This patient comes from an African country, and had been on a trip to Saudi Arabia.http://www.hvidovrehospital.dk/menu/...-isolation.htm

Five people have been hospitalized for observation

Five people have been hospitalized for observation for Corona virus at Odense University Hospital.

Samples from the five hospitalized is being under increased at Statens Serum Institut. So far it is known that is not on the five are infected with the dangerous virus.

- From a probability given, then it is very unlikely that they have it, assess Svend Stensvang Pedersen
.

If the tests prove to be negative, then they will, according to senior consultant Svend Stensvang Pedersen, be discharged later today.



- I hope we get answers to tests in the afternoon, but I do not know for sure whether the samples have arrived, because we sent them in a taxi last night. I'll check up on them a little, but I think immediately that we first get answers to tests after three o'clock, says Svend Stensvang Pedersen, senior consultant at Department of Infectious Diseases at University Hospital.

Corona virus has broken out in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. So far, three were infected, one of which is dead. The virus is a SARS-like virus, the extent is not yet known completely.



Four of the hospitalized is a family where one parent came home from Saudi Arabia with flu symptoms. The past has no relation to the family.

- They all slept well all night, and they're fine now.

So far, they remain in isolation on infectious diseases ward at University Hospital.
http://ekstrabladet.dk/kup/sundhed/article1833753.ece

New patients hospitalized with SARS-like virus


New patients hospitalized with SARS-like virus
Isolation Exercise from Hvidovre Hospital

How It probably out at Hvidovre Hospital in Infectious Diseases department right now, where you have received a patient with SARS-like virus. Note that the image here is from an exercise at Hvidovre Hospital.

Hvidovre Hospital has admitted a patient at high risk isolation. He feared to be the sixth in Denmark, which may be infected with the SARS-like Corona virus.

http://www.b.dk/nationalt/ny-patient-indlagt-med-sars-lignende-virus

New coronavirus not SARS: Thomas Tsang



September 26, 2012
The genetic structure of the new strain of coronavirus and the SARS coronavirus is different, and should not be mistaken to be the same virus.
 
This was the message from Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Thomas Tsang today, telling the media that, genetically, the new coronavirus found abroad recently is different to the SARS coronavirus that struck Hong Kong in 2003.

 
SARS belongs to family 2B of the coronavirus family, while this new infection belongs to group 2C.
 
However, he said the Government still needs to implement considerable health measures to safeguard the public, as little is known about the new virus. It has stepped up surveillance measures to detect any cases that come up in Hong Kong.
 
“We have sent guidelines on infection control and hygiene to numerous institutions, including the tourism industry, airlines, schools, hospitals, and also our frontline staff, so they know exactly how to handle potential cases.
 
“We also have a plan to make this new coronavirus a notifiable disease under Hong Kong law so we will be able to use legal instruments in implementing appropriate control measures against this new virus.”
 
He said the Government is aware of the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage, which will see many people travelling to the Middle East next month. It has been contacting consulates and religious groups to ensure health advice gets to these travellers so they can take precautions against infection.
 
Mr Tsang said the Government Laboratory is able to test for the new virus, as the virus sequence has been outlined by UK health authorities.
 
“If we have a sample, it will take us about two days to come up with a positive result.”
 
The Government is aware of media reports of five patients in a Denmark hospital being tested for the new coronavirus, he said, adding it will study the results when they are issued.  http://www.news.gov.hk/en/categories/health/html/2012/09/20120926_144850.shtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=hongkong_news

New patient hospitalized in high-risk isolation of SARS-like virus





Hvidovre Hospital has admitted a patient at high risk isolation. He feared to be the sixth in Denmark, which may be infected with the SARS-like Corona virus.
Danes sudden high fever, coughing and difficulty breathing after traveling to the Middle East, to be extra attentive, because it may indicate that they are infected with the dangerous SARS-like Corona virus. Hvidovre Hospital has now admitted a man in high-risk isolation for fear that he may be infected with the virus.
- We got a patient in yesterday, and right now, we are waiting for answers from the samples in order to find out whether he is infected with the virus or not, says communications director at Hvidovre Hospital, Hanne Alsbirk.
The man is thus the sixth Dane suspected infected. A family of four and a woman are already admitted to Odense University Hospital (University Hospital).
The patient at Hvidovre Hospital, like the other patients admitted to University Hospital, was on a trip to the Middle East, where there are more cases of the dangerous virus. The virus was recently found in a patient from Saudi Arabia, who died after a serious lung disease.
According to Statens Serum Institut, the new Corona vius cause serious respiratory diseases, and it belongs to the same virus group as the dangerous SARS virus back in 2002 and 2003 affected 8,000 people worldwide and required about 800 deaths.
Hanne Alsbirk from Hvidovre said they expect to get answers from tests that will show whether the hospitalized patient is infected with the virus, Wednesday afternoon. The same message comes from senior consultant at the Department of Infectious Diseases at University Hospital, Svend Stensvang Pedersen.
- Samples were sent a taxi to the Statens Serum Institut Tuesday evening, and they are just in the process of investigating them. We expect to get an answer about at 15 pm Wednesday, he said.
People who have been in Qatar or Saudi Arabia, and within 10 days of home diet have a fever or respiratory symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath or trouble breathing, called the Statens Serum Institut website to cash doctor immediately telephone. http://www.bt.dk/danmark/ny-patient-indlagt-i-hoejrisiko-isolation-med-sars-lignende-virus

New coronavirus-update) Two isolated in Denmark below five

New coronavirus-update) Two isolated in Denmark below five
(12 mins ago)

Two of the five persons showing symptoms of infection from a new coronavirus, are under five years old, a Denmark hospital said today. All of them are Danish residents and have been isolated.


Chief physician Svend Stenvang Petersen of Odense University Hospital told AFP that test results are expected in the afternoon, local time.
“The five have a fever, coughing and influenza-like symptoms,'' he said.
Petersen said those admitted were a family of four. The father had been to Saudi Arabia, while and an unrelated person had been to Qatar. Two of those with symptoms were under the age of five.


“We have put them in isolation because we don't know how the virus spreads. So just as with bird and swine flu we have admitted them and isolated them so that we prevent the spread to others,'' Petersen said. “We do not have any medicine that works against this virus.’’


Corona viruses are a large family of viruses including those which cause the common cold, as well as severe acute respiratory syndrome, an outbreak of which killed some 800 people in 2003.
The new corona virus is thought to have an incubation period lasting seven to 10 days, and has previously been found among patients who had traveled from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Earlier, Xinhua reported that the hospital director Jens Peter Steensen told Danish media that the five patients, who are all Danish residents, will be tested for the new corona virus and for a range of more common triggers of respiratory infection.
On Monday, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority advised persons who had traveled to Qatar or Saudi Arabia to seek medical advice if they experienced fever, cough or difficulty breathing within ten days of their return from these countries.
It followed a warning from British health officials who alerted the World Health Organization on Saturday of the new virus found in a man transferred from Qatar to the UK on September 11.
The 49-year-old man, who is being treated in an intensive care unit at a London hospital for problems including kidney failure, had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia, where another man with an almost identical virus, had already died. 
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=25575&icid=4&d_str=

Philippines, Thailand are on alert for new SARS-like virus


Airports on alert for new SARS-like virus

MANILA, Philippines – Airports are now on alert for the possible entry of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like virus that may have come from the Middle East.
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 Quarantine Head Dr. Ali Agama said they were alerted after the World Health Organization released information that a 49-year-old male Qatari who had just travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) showed symptoms last September 3.  http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09/26/12/airports-alert-new-sars-virus?

New Patient feared infected by virus in Denmark


A total of six people is now in isolation in Denmark. Study must now disclose whether they actually are infected with Corona virus. Once a patient is sent in "high-risk isolation 'in Denmark. A family of four and a woman held currently in complete isolation in Odense University Hospital.
And now confirms Hvidovre Hospital, that there also has been a patient in the so-called "high-risk isolation '.
It happens in all cases for fear that patients have the dangerous Corona virus, which is related to the so-called SARS virus.
Corona may, according to Statens Serum Institut, cause serious respiratory illness and can at worst be fatal.  http://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/article4852749.ece?

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A new coronavirus isolated from humans



25 SEPTEMBER 2012
Coronavirus virionA new coronavirus has been isolated from two individuals with severe respiratory illness. It is different from the SARS coronavirus, but health officials are nonetheless preparing for a rapid response should the virus be detected elsewhere.
The novel coronavirus was first reportedby Ali Mohamed Zaki on ProMED-mail on 15 September 2012, from a 60 year old male patient in Saudi Arabia with pneumonia and acute renal failure who died in July. The virus was isolated by culturing sputum on Vero and LLC-MK2 cells, and identified as a coronavirus by polymerase chain reaction. Dr. Zaki sent the virus to Ron Fouchier in the Netherlands who sequenced its genome and confirmed that it is a beta-coronavirus closely related to bat coronaviruses.
At the beginning of September 2012 a 49 year old male Qatari national who had previously traveled to Saudi Arabia was admitted to an intensive care unit in Doha with severe respiratory illness. He was moved to the United Kingdom where laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the novel coronavirus. Comparison of a 200 nucleotide genome sequence with that from the Saudi national revealed 99.5% identity (one mismatch).Alignment of this sequence with that of other coronaviruses shows that the new virus is related to bat coronaviruses.
This new virus is not the SARS coronavirus, but because it is related to bat coronaviruses there is concern that it could spread rapidly among humans and cause serious respiratory disease. This is why WHO has placed health officials in its six regions on alert, and hasissued a case definition so that the disease may be readily detected. The definition comprises: acute respiratory syndrome which may include fever (≥ 38°C , 100.4°F) and cough requiring hospitalization or with suspicion of lower airway involvement (clinical or radiological evidence of consolidation) not explaine.. http://www.virology.ws/2012/09/25/a-new-coronavirus-isolated-from-humans/

UK agency picks name for new coronavirus isolate




Robert Roos  News Editor
Sep 25, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – As the investigation of two severe illnesses associated with a novel coronavirus continued today, the United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency (HPA) released a preliminary phylogenetic tree for the virus and tentatively named it "London1_novel CoV 2012."

As reported previously, the virus has been identified in a 49-year-old Qatari man who is in a critical care unit in a London hospital and in a 60-year-old Saudi Arabian man who died in July in his home country. Both cases involve pneumonia and kidney failure, and the Qatari man had traveled to Saudi Arabia before he got sick.

In 2003, a then-novel coronavirus caused the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak, which killed 774 people worldwide. Other coronaviruses are linked to the common cold.

The phylogenetic tree, constructed from partial sequences from the polymerase gene of various coronaviruses, shows that the new one is closely related to bat coronaviruses. The HPA also released the partial sequence for the virus's polymerase gene.

In other developments, the Europea../

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/other/sars/news/sep2512corona.html