Confusion over number of coronavirus patients in Al-Ahsa

Confusion over number of coronavirus patients

Last Update 10 May 2013 2:48 am

Conflicting reports are emerging from Al-Ahsa about the number of coronavirus infections in the region.
The Al-Ahsa health department has said that there is only one confirmed case. However, the brother of a person infected with the virus said yesterday that in the hospital there are at least four persons in isolated rooms who are suspected of being infected.
One of the physicians treating infected patients refused to reveal the number of confirmed cases. “We are not allowed to reveal any details in this regard.”
Ibrahim Al-Higgi, spokesman for Al-Ahsa department of health, would not answer any questions because only the ministry is authorized to provide public statements.
A 19-year-old woman was discharged from King Fahd hospital in Hofuf after it was confirmed that she was not infected with the virus.
But two of her brothers were infected and the virus claimed the life of her father. One of her brothers, 28, left the hospital after being cured. Her other brother, 31, is still in the intensive care unit at King Fahd hospital.
A brother of the two infected patients said that he tried to meet Dr. Abdullah Asiri, who is in charge of infection control at the Ministry of Health, who visited Al-Ahsa last Tuesday. “But two hours prior to the appointment, he called me and said he could not meet me, although he visited my brother in the ICU.”
He added: “We are still at a loss about the condition of our brother who is still in the hospital.”The Ministry of Health announced earlier that there were 13 people infected with the deadly virus, of whom seven died. http://www.arabnews.com/news/451085

Coronavirus: a hundred people under "surveillance"

Coronavirus: a hundred people have been in contact with the patient

Between Valenciennes and Douai, a place where the patient was hospitalized by the coronavirus, a hundred people are currently under "surveillance". If symptoms such as abnormal cough or fever occur, they will be placed in isolation for analysis. Currently, there are three suspects but are still not proven. A doctor of Valenciennes, a former roommate of Valenciennes and Douai nurse. These suspects are currently hospitalized and Tourcoing respectively for the doctor, and Lille former roommate and nurse Douai . Their health is not a concern. They are just waiting for test results.  At 18:00, a press conference is scheduled for Regional Health Agency. The schedule was chosen in order to indicate whether the three suspects are known or not. The analysis results will then be known.  

http://nord-pas-de-calais.france3.fr/2013/05/10/coronavirus-une-petite-centaine-de-personnes-sous-surveillance-248803.html

3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus in France

After a doctor and a patient, a nurse, who has been in contact with a 65 year old man infected with a new virus causing severe respiratory problems, also has symptoms raising fears of contamination, said Friday the regional agency Health Nord-Pas-de-Calais (ARS).

"We have isolated, number, people who had been contact with the patient, both health professionals and patients, and we have an incubation period of ten days," she said. Symptoms are "breathing and feverish," she said. "We have a very broad definition of cases to sample and isolate all persons who may have been in contact with this person," she explained. The results of the tests on suspected cases should be known on Friday in the afternoon, said the LRA. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/nord-un-3e-cas-suspect-de-virus-proche-du-sras-10-05-2013-1665197_23.php

France / Coronavirus, the third suspected case is a nurse

Entry into contact with the first case of sick

Lille, May 10 A third suspected case of coronavirus has 
been identified in northern France between people who have 
been in contact with the sick French first identified, an 
65 year old man who had stayed in Dubai. "This morning 
we have a third suspect, a nurse at Douai, "he 
said Sandrine Segovia Kueny, Deputy Director General 
of the ARS. Yesterday, the health authorities of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais 
had said that even a roommate of the first patient would have been infected by the virus.  http://www.ilmondo.it/esteri/2013-05-10/francia-coronavirus-terzo-caso-sospetto-infermiera_251896.shtml

"We have a third suspect this morning, with a nurse in Douai," said Dr. Sandrine Segovia Kueny, Deputy Director General of the LRA, on France Bleu Nord . The suspect has been identified in the night from Thursday to Friday, she said.

The hospital patient Valenciennes , the doctor and the nurse were hospitalized to undergo sampling. Test results are expected Friday afternoon, said the LRA told AFP. "These are not confirmed cases so far," said Ms. Segovia Kueny.

http://www.metrofrance.com/info/coronavirus-un-troisieme-cas-suspect-de-contamination-dans-le-nord/mmej!D3O2qmlVl3Hg/

Three more cases of SARS-like coronavirus suspected in France

May 10, 2013 3:39 pm

Paris - Three suspected cases of the SARS-like coronavirus have been discovered in northern France, health authorities said Friday after confirming the country's first case of the deadly respiratory infection this week.

The three cases were believed to be linked to that of a65-year-old man, who was hospitalised last month after a visit to Dubai and Saudi Arabia. The health ministry confirmed he had France’s first known case of coronavirus.

Since then, a doctor in the town of Valenciennes, where he received treatment; a patient who shared his hospital room; and a nurse from the nearby town of Douai, where he was first hospitalised, have all presented with coronavirus symptoms, the health agency of the northern region said. The three are undergoing tests. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Three-more-cases-of-SARS-like-coronavirus-suspecte-30205851.html

There’s Another New, Deadly Virus On The Verge Of An Outbreak

The H7N9 bird flu virus in China isn’t the only scary new virus on the docket this spring.

A second new virus, similar to SARS and named Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV), has been popping up in the Middle East since last summer and was first described in the New England Journal of Medicine in November.

The virus is a coronavirus, the same family of viruses that unleashed SARS a decade ago. SARS infected 8,273 people and caused 775 deaths worldwide.

It is making waves this week as recent cases have been found in France and 13 new cases have been announced in the past couple weeks, according to Science Magazine.

The virus has killed a total of 18 people, according to FluTrackers. While the number of people infected by this new virus is low, 33 according to reports, there’s concern over a few clusters of cases that could indicate that the virus can be transmitted easily between people.

The virus has also traveled outside of the Middle East — to the United Kingdom, France, and Germany — by people who had recently visited the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, or Saudi Arabia.

The virus caused secondary infection in the family members of one infected person in the U.K., as well as eight health care workers who involved in the original outbreak of the virus in Jordan in April 2012 — two of whom died.

What’s become worrisome now is the spread of the virus within one hospital. According to CTVNews, citing health authorities in Saudi Arabia, 15 of the 33 reported patients infected with the virus had all been to the Al-Moosa Hospital in the town of Hofuf before they got sick. Seven of them have died.

Saudi Arabian deputy health minister, Dr. Ziad Memish, implied in a ProMED posting that the cluster had been controlled, “actions implemented and fully applied by 1 May 2013 have been effective to date in preventing new cases related to this cluster from emerging.”

According to New Scientist’s Threatwatch, the virus that researchers sequenced from those patients had three new mutations — though officials didn’t say what impact those mutations had on the viruses’ lethality or likelihood of spreading from person to person.

This could mean that the virus was spreading from person to person, at least in that hospital. If an airborne version of the virus escapes the hospital it could be another SARS in the making.

Researchers are also worried that the virus could cause infections in otherwise healthy people and they won’t show extreme or obvious symptoms. These kind of weak infections could let the virus adapt to humans, New Scientist reports. 

http://au.businessinsider.com/new-coronavirus-in-the-middle-east-mers-2013-5

The new coronavirus has been found in Europe. WHO: "There's no reason to panic"

THE GCP   • MAY 8, 2013 • 3:46 P.M.

French health authorities have identified the first case of the new coronavirus, which created panic in the Middle East and Asia.According to agency Reuters , the virus was detected in a person who has recently returned from a trip to the United Arab Emirates. Ministry of Health in Paris said that this is the first and so far only confirmed case in France. Medical Forum said that the patient was admitted to a special reserve and placed under quarantine. "So far there is no reason to panic, the situation is closely monitored," said a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO). Globally The virus, which initially manifests as the common cold and is part of the same group infection with SARS , made ​​in September and more than 30 victims, 18 have died. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) scare the whole world at the end 2003, when the virus killed 800 people.http://www.antena3.ro/externe/noul-coronavirus-a-fost-depistat-in-europa-oms-nu-sunt-motive-de-panica-213425.html

the two other men were in individual rooms in separate hospitals

The first of these two patients is the roommate of the patient, when he stayed at the hospital Valenciennes from 27 to 29 April. It " has since Wednesday symptoms requiring specialized consulting infectious diseases, completed sampling and surveillance in hospital in a single room , "said the LRA. 

A woman who has been working as a doctor in the same hospital, was also placed in service due to infectious disease symptoms it presents.His case is not " worrying ". The LRA provides that the results of these analyzes will be made ​​public. http://www.franceinfo.fr/sciences-sante/craintes-autour-de-nouvelles-contaminations-du-coronavirus-proche-du-sras-982211-2013-05-09

The ARS local health authority said the two other men were in individual rooms in separate hospitals, one in Lille and the other in the nearby town of Tourcoing, and that tests had been carried out on both of them.

"They show symptoms which require a special infectious diseases consultation," the ARS said in a statement. "The results of the tests carried out on these two people will be known soon and will be made public." http://news.yahoo.com/two-people-france-ill-contact-coronavirus-victim-211526674.html

Suspected virus similar to SARS in two others

Two people who were in contact with the man suffering from an acute respiratory infection linked to the new variant of the virus that causes SARS have symptoms requiring hospitalization, announced Thursday the Regional Health Agency of the Nord Pas-de Calais.

The two men were in contact with the patient during his hospital stay in Valenciennes from 27 to 29 April: it is a roommate and a doctor.

These two people have "symptoms requiring specialized consulting infectious diseases, completed sampling and surveillance in hospital in a single room," said the LRA.

The patient, the first case of this new coronavirus infection in France, is a 65-year-old in Nord-Pas-de-Calais who stayed in Dubai from 9 to 17 April this year, which is in a "disturbing "according to health authorities.http://www.capital.fr/a-la-une/actualites/soupcons-de-virus-proche-du-sras-chez-deux-autres-personnes-841945#xtor=RSS-217

Coronavirus: two new people may have been contaminated by the first French patient

He is a former roommate of the patient and a physician, according to health authorities. 

The first French patient with the coronavirus he infected others? Health officials fear that a doctor and a former roommate of the patient have in turn been contaminated, and both were hospitalized in Lille and Tourcoing. These two people will suffer samples, the results "will be announced soon," announces the Pas-de-Calais North Regional Health Agency / (ARS).

How were they discovered?

The roommate, a man in his fifties who had rubbed shoulders with the patient during his stay in hospital Valenciennes from 27 to 29 April, "has since Wednesday symptoms requiring specialized infectious disease consultation, supplemented sampling and monitoring in a single room in hospital " , said the LRA.

One of the doctors CH Valenciennes, aged 35, who was also in contact with the patient coronavirus infection, "developed symptoms requiring hospitalization within the infectious diseases service CH Tourcoing in order to take samples " , added the LRA. These two people have been "identified" the gold of the "search" contact cases " , that is to say people who have been in contact with the patient during his hospitalization in hospital Valenciennes, then that of Douai.

That institution, where also lived from April 29 infected until his transfer in the night from Wednesday to Thursday at University Hospital of Lille patient, "indicates the absence of symptoms to this day among the topics identified in contacts at this " , said the LRA... http://www.francetvinfo.fr/coronavirus-deux-nouvelles-personnes-pourraient-avoir-ete-contaminees-par-le-premier-malade-francais_320927.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5blestitres%5d

Coronavirus: two new people may have been contaminated by the first French patient

He is a former roommate of the patient and a physician, according to health authorities.  09/05/2013 | 10:08 p.m.

The first French patient with coronavirus he infected others? Health officials fear that a doctor and a former roommate of the patient have in turn been contaminated. They were respectively hospitalized in Lille and Tourcoing to undergo such samples, says Thursday, May 9 regional health agency (ARS).

Test results will be available soon, according to ARS. The roommate, who had rubbed the patient during his stay in hospital Valenciennes from April 27 to 29, "since this Wednesday symptoms requiring specialized consulting infectious diseases, completed sampling and monitoring of hospitalization individual "room, announces ARS. 

One of the doctors at the hospital in Valenciennes, who was also in contact with the patient coronavirus infection, "developed symptoms requiring hospitalization within the infectious diseases service CH Tourcoing order 'draw it down, "says the LRA.The first patient in stable condition but still very serious

By contrast, hospital Douai, where also lived from April 29 infected until his transfer in the night from Wednesday to Thursday at University Hospital of Lille patient, "indicates the absence of symptoms to date among contact subjects identified in this property, "said the LRA.

The northerner patient with novel coronavirus, SARS close, first confirmed case in France, Thursday in stable condition but still very serious, the ICU of University Hospital of Lille, where he was transferred in the night from Wednesday to Thursday . This 65 year old patient transferred to 1:30 am, "was immediately placed in a chamber designed to allow its isolation." It was supported by a dedicated team, said the Lille University Hospital.

A deadly virus causes many deaths in Saudi Arabia and feared his move to neighboring countries

 YEMEN

The Center for Disease Control in Saudi Arabia must be on travelers from Saudi Arabia to Yemen or other neighboring countries in the Arabian Peninsula to carry out a medical examination within ten days of travel...

http://www.samaa-news.com/news15192.html

Officials fear a doctor and a former roommate of French patient may been contaminated

 09/05/2013 - 9:47 p.m.

Coronavirus: fears of contamination

Health officials fear that a doctor and a former roommate of the first French patient with the new SARS coronavirus close have in turn been contaminated, said on Thursday at the regional health agency (ARS). The neighboring room and the doctor were hospitalized in Lille and Tourcoing to undergo such samples. Test results will be available soon, according to a statement from the LRA. http://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/Depeches/Coronavirus-des-craintes-de-contamination-606534?

Coronavirus must be reported immediately, Abu Dhabi health authority warns

Zaineb Al Hassani

May 10, 2013 

Haad last month instructed all healthcare providers to immediately report suspected or confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection via an electronic reporting system.

Samples must be sent to Sheikh Khalifa Medical Centre within 24 hours of being collected. Haad's guidelines also cover the storage and transportation of samples.

Healthcare workers must adhere to infection-control measures when dealing with a suspected case.

According to the World Health Organisation, pneumonia has been the most common clinical symptom of the virus. Other symptoms, such as renal failure, pericarditis and blood clots in small blood vessels have all been noted.

Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/health/coronavirus-must-be-reported-immediately-abu-dhabi-health-authority-warns#ixzz2SpODvhjX
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Urgent update on nCoV cluster in KSA [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]

 Thu 9 May 2013
From: Ziad Memish [edited]


Urgent update on nCoV cluster in KSA [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]
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The investigation of the recent cluster in Alhassa [Al-Hasa or Al-Ahsa], KSA is still ongoing. Actions implemented and fully applied by 1 May 2013 have been effective to date in preventing NEW cases related to this cluster from emerging. But in-depth look back and search among contacts of earlier reported cases and repeat testing of suspected cases revealed 2 new cases yesterday [8 May 2013]:

- Case 14: 48-year-old male with multiple comorbidities. Start of symptoms 29 Apr 2013 and confirmed by lab testing. He is in stable condition in hospital.

Case 15: 58-year-old male with comorbidity. Start of symptoms 6 Apr 2013. His repeat testing was positive and he fully recovered and was discharged on 3 May 2013.
 
The investigation is ongoing and more details will be released as they arise.  http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20130509.1701527

Fujian poultry samples were detected H7N9 avian influenza positive

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　　Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture released on May 9, National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory report environmental samples were positive for the H7N9 avian influenza detected in 686 samples collected in Fujian, Fuzhou, Fujian Fuqing City, a small North market. Gene sequence analysis showed that isolates of the H7N9 avian influenza virus strains isolated from pigeons and April 4 highly homologous.

　　Ministry of Agriculture has asked the Fujian Province in strict accordance with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal H7N9 avian influenza emergency response Guide (Trial) "do a good job related to disposal. At the same time to further strengthen the H7N9 avian influenza virus monitoring the effective implementation of prevention and control measures.

　　Up to now, the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory detected a total of 52 H7N9 avian influenza positive samples.http://finance.qq.com/a/20130509/004131.htm

The Henan the first current H7N9 avian flu deaths

2013-05-09 21:54:08

　　Case of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza deaths in Henan Province. On the afternoon of May 9, the Health Department of Henan Province Foreign informed of the news, which is the province's first case of deaths.

　　As of the date of Henan Province accumulated four confirmed cases of H7N9 cases, three cases have recovered and been discharged. 4 patients were male.

　　This unfortunate patients, from Zhengzhou Zhongyuan District, a 56-year-old retired public Choi. April 25, expert judgment human infection of H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases. That time is a critical condition.

　　According to hospital experts Choi stay, Choi said he did not close the history of exposure to poultry.Subsequent investigation revealed that Choi lived in the residential building floor to the first floor of two buildings, the only channel is a common corridor.

　　Choi family said, the hallway often hanging 78 Birdcage (raising pigeons and other birds), a week before he became ill, the courtyard has two backyard poultry (chicken), after Community Board ordered the slaughter.

　　April 15, Zhengzhou City, has issued a "Ten of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza prevention and control measures, which specifically provides that:" in the urban built-up area is prohibited poultry and eating pigeon. "Nevertheless, there are still people reared in the district chicken and other poultry.

　　Close contacts with Choi 7 and found no abnormalities. Medical isolated for observation and released on May 2.

　　April 14, Henan Province, the first of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases.But since April 25, Henan Province, for two consecutive weeks, no new cases. (End)

 http://news.eastday.com/society/2013-05-09/227678.html

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS - EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (21): SAUDI ARABIA 2 more confirmed

A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Thu 9 May 2013
From: Ziad Memish [edited]


Urgent update on nCoV cluster in KSA [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]
--------------------------------------------------------------
The investigation of the recent cluster in Alhassa [Al-Hasa or Al-Ahsa], KSA is still ongoing. Actions implemented and fully applied by 1 May 2013 have been effective to date in preventing NEW cases related to this cluster from emerging. But in-depth look back and search among contacts of earlier reported cases and repeat testing of suspected cases revealed 2 new cases yesterday [8 May 2013]:

- Case 14: 48-year-old male with multiple comorbidities. Start of symptoms 29 Apr 2013 and confirmed by lab testing. He is in stable condition in hospital.

Case 15: 58-year-old male with comorbidity. Start of symptoms 6 Apr 2013. His repeat testing was positive and he fully recovered and was discharged on 3 May 2013.

The investigation is ongoing and more details will be released as they arise.
--
Ziad A Memish,MD,FRCP(Can),FRCP(Edin),FRCP(Lond),FACP
Deputy Minister for Public Health
Director WHO Collaborating Center for Mass Gathering Medicine
Ministry of Health
Professor, College of Medicine
Alfaisal University
Riyadh 11176
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


[ProMED-mail would like to thank Dr Memish for the rapid sharing of this information. The addition of these 2 newly identified cases brings the total number of cases associated with this cluster in Al-Hasa, Eastern Province to 15.

As with the previously identified 13 cases, these cases have a history of comorbidities suggesting they were in the implicated health care facility (HCF) for a different admitting diagnosis and they were infected with the nCoV while in the HCF.

This brings the global total of confirmed cases of nCoV to 33.  http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20130509.1701527

Dubai health centres told to probe Sars-like cases

DHA assured the situation is being closely monitored; since September 2012 to date, WHO confirms 31 cases, including 18 deaths

By 

Bindu Suresh Rai

Published Thursday, May 09, 2013

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has asked healthcare institutions to investigate any Sars-like symptoms in patients after France on Wednesday reported its first case of the deadly coronavirus in a patient who had recently returned from the UAE.

The 65-year-old Frenchman has been shifted to an isolation ward in Paris, where he is currently undergoing treatment, as per agency reports.

The tourist returned to the French capital on April 17 after reportedly spending a week in Dubai; but it is unclear where he contracted the deadly coronavirus, which is from the same viral family that triggered the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or Sars in Asia killing 775 people.

The DHA issued a statement in light of this new case, with the spokesperson saying: “We have been keeping a close eye on the situation since the World Health Organisation first reported the disease outbreak last year.

“The DHA in collaboration with Ministry of Health is closely following the WGO and Centre of Disease control and Prevention (USA) protocols.”

In a message to local health centres, the DHA spokesperson added: “All health institutions are aware of the virus and its symptoms. We urge health institutions to investigate any cases of people who have symptoms of serious lung infection like pneumonia and this is a protocol that is being followed internationally.

“Besides, health and other relevant authorities in the UAE are taking all necessary measures.”

The spokesperson reiterated that the WHO has not issued any travel guidelines that people need to follow as of now, “especially with regard to countries such as Saudi Arabia, where a majority of the cases have been identified.”

While the authority assured that the situation is being closely monitored, a statement from the MoH is awaited after Emirates 24|7 contacted them.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that WHO officials are expected to visit a Saudi Arabian hospital where the Sars-like virus has claimed the lives of seven people and four still remain critically ill, while two are recovering, as per WHO update.

A total of 23 cases have been reported in Saudi in the past six months, with cases also emerging in Jordan, Qatar, Britain and Germany.

The French case brings total known infections worldwide to 31, of which 18 have died.

Symptoms of this new strain include severe lung infection and pneumonia-like conditions.
 http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/dubai-health-centres-told-to-probe-sars-like-cases-2013-05-09-1.505848

In the same context, he stressed Hashim bin Mohammed Hassan Al Bin Sheikh, a brother of the infected with the virus similar to one for completely cure the disease, and proof of a negative HIV infection in his sister's analyzes, while the deteriorated state of health of his brother, the other yesterday afternoon, 
He explained Hashem's "home" that he had received yesterday a phone call from the Department of Hospital "Aramco" medical in the province of Dhahran, stating heal his brother "Hussein", has allowed medical team to his brother to get out of the hospital, at the same time received a benefit from the medical team to his brother, the other "Abdullah" infected with the same virus and is undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Al-Ahsa, indicate that the case of his brother-in-degradation, and necessitated increasing the proportion of oxygen from 4% to 15%. 
Among the results of laboratory tests and samples to his sister, which was Tnoimha in King Fahd Hospital in Hofuf after a sudden rise in body temperature, proved HIV negative, and that the high temperature caused by being infected with the "flu" normal. 
He drew Hashim petition to officials in the Ministry of Health and Saudi Aramco, the transfer of all people living with HIV to a hospital Aramco in Dhahran, the fact that the hospital Aramco in Dhahran able to deal with the virus, and succeeded medical team there in the elimination of the virus, stressing that he and his family were in constant contact with the Hospital specialists Aramco Dhahran to receive the other brother. He recalled the circumstances injuring his two brothers with HIV, and said wounded when visiting their father, who was منوما in a private hospital Ahsa in intensive care as a result of a drop in sugar, and they were Azorana clock, and assist him or her in taking his medication, pointing out that his father retired staff member at Aramco, Medical and Public at this hospital. Adding that father was منوما in hypnosis room with 5 other cases, all of whom were receiving treatment through artificial breathing apparatus. He mentioned in his talk that his family requested the transfer of his father to complete the treatment in a hospital Aramco Medical Center in Dhahran, but the hospital where his father was receiving treatment for it, he told them that the hospital Aramco refused to receive the case, and it turns them later that the hospital Aramco OK to receive the case. 

Saudi Arabia calls for SARS virus experts to face the strange disease

On Thursday, May 9, 2013

تتمتع الدكتورة أليسون ماك جي بخبرة بفيروس سارز الذي يشبه الفيروس الغامض الذي اكتشف في مشفى في الهفوف

Enjoy Dr. Alison McG experience with SARS virus, which resembles the mysterious virus, which was discovered in a hospital in Hofuf
I arrived yesterday to Saudi Arabia, a Canadian doctor from a range of experts, at the request of the Kingdom of the SARS virus experts to help in the face of a new virus after an outbreak of a mysterious disease in Hofuf in the Eastern Province, according to New Scientist site, which mention the name of the hospital in Hofuf.



And enjoy Dr. Alison McG expertly virus SARS-like virus mysterious discovered in hospital after an injury 13 cases World Health Organization confirmed that resemble virus SARS risk according to a statement of the organization indicated that the re-emergence of the virus and the pattern moving remarkable in Saudi Arabia increases the concern about this virus , calls the research level of friction infected patient and the degree of exposure, because of injury, as well as the source of the virus and the prevalence in the region, which are an urgent call for answers is under follow-up by the Saudi Ministry of Health.


In addition to Allison, the two officials will meet with the World Health Organization (WHO) officials and the Saudi Ministry of Health in the capital, Riyadh, and likely a spokesman for the organization that they had visited a hospital in the area of ​​Hofuf in Saudi Arabia and is considered the hospital point spread of the virus.

This comes after a French tourist injury mysterious disease. Reuters quoted the French Health Ministry said on Wednesday it detected the first cases of a new strain of the virus coronal coming from the Middle East in the person recently returned from the United Arab Emirates.

The ministry said it had opened an investigation as she confirmed the first case of the new virus in France. The patient was isolated.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that 30 cases of HIV infection were confirmed experimentally, of which 18 died since scientists discovered the disease in September. http://arabic.arabianbusiness.com/society/healthcare/2013/may/9/331046/#.UYtvgbVwe5I

Virus similar to SARS: The patient transferred to Lille in stable condition

The northerner patient with novel coronavirus, SARS close, first confirmed case in France, was in stable condition Thursday but still very serious, the ICU of University Hospital of Lille, where he was transferred in the night from Wednesday to Thursday . HUGUEN PHILIPPE AFP

Updated 05/09/13 at 11:14

The northerner patient with novel coronavirus, SARS close, first confirmed case in France, was in stable condition Thursday but still very serious, the ICU of University Hospital of Lille, where he was transferred in the night from Wednesday to Thursday .

This 65 year old patient transferred to 1:30 in the morning, "was immediately placed in a chamber designed to allow its isolation," where he was supported by a dedicated team, said the Lille University Hospital.

The patient was hospitalized on April 23 in Valenciennes (North), then transferred to Douai April 29. He had stayed in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) from 9 to 17 April. Before his hospitalization, he was followed to the hospital in Valenciennes for a chronic disease.

According to ARS Lille, no cases of the disease have been detected in his entourage.

The man, who has respiratory failure requiring the introduction Wednesday of cardiopulmonary support to take over his lung function is in a "stable" condition, but requires "careful monitoring", according the University Hospital of Lille.

"As has been transferred, that he was in a stable condition, but it is like all ICU patients in a very serious condition," said the AFP Sandrine Segovia Kueny, Deputy Director General of ARS.

The French case comes ten years after the epidemic of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), part of China, which had killed more than 800 people and caused concern in the world.

Before the announcement of the existence of this patient in France, cases of infection were detected in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Kingdom and Germany.

About the virus, generally Benoit Guery, Head of Infectious Diseases Hospital in Lille Thursday morning confided his "concern" on France Inter, "because we find ourselves still with respiratory syndromes that have a severity important. It was still two-thirds of deaths in the number of cases. "

However, it noted the "small number of cases": "The good news somewhere, is that we are now in May 2013 (the virus) was released in April 2012 and it has still failed to emerge more significantly. "

A total of 30 confirmed cases in the world of this novel coronavirus have been reported to WHO since September 2012 and 18 people died. 22 cases including 13 deaths, have been identified in Saudi Arabia, two cases (both deceased) in Jordan, four including two deaths in the United Kingdom, and two cases with one death in Germany, had said Wednesday Dr. Françoise Weber, Director the Institute of Health.

"We must wait, we are absolutely not in a very important warning, but there is a potential danger," concluded Mr. Guery.

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause a wide range of human diseases, ranging from common cold to SARS.

The new coronavirus - NCoV in medical jargon - was detected for the first time in mid-2012. This is a particular strain that had never been identified in humans or animals.

Patients presenting with symptoms of severe acute respiratory infection with fever, cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.

The Ministry of Health has set up a hotline for Wednesday, 0800 13 00 00, to inform the public. http://www.20minutes.fr/ledirect/1152337/20130509-virus-proche-sras-patient-francais-transfere-a-lille