Saudi Arabia: invite experts from Columbia University to clear the virus Coruna

Sunday, May 12 : Last Update

from Columbia University to participate in the survey and environmental field around the corona virus.

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Riyadh: The Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah all record CZK cases in each of Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam in addition to Hasa, stressing that the ministry suspected 3 Koruna virus cases, where it will be the announcement of the results of the analysis with full transparency.

Said Dr. Rabiah at a press conference on Sunday in response to a question: "There is no reason to work misgivings in schools because most of the cases that have been recorded are for males men and adults, and that the WHO did not recommend it," he said, adding that health will work according to the precautions and internationally recognized procedures, even if a new update in this aspect we will work on it.

And invited experts from Columbia University to participate in the field survey and environmental access to scientific results contribute to the prevention of this disease, indicating that the ministry has invited experts from Canada, America and the World Health Organization for all the actions carried out by the Ministry of Health, including visiting hospitals and patients and access to their files and communicate with health workers in all professional. The injury Pkorona in high temperature and cough followed by severe pneumonia affecting both lungs, and the diagnosis is made ​​by taking a sample of the fluid stream respiratory system, and found that most of the cases have chronic diseases lead to immunocompromised patient.

For its part, the World Health Organization praised the efforts of scientific research and surveys carried out by the Ministry of Health in the Kingdom to meet the corona virus and access to the results to protect the Saudi society and the international community as a whole.

Dr Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment "did not come to inspect the measures taken by the Kingdom of our confidence in the accuracy of its procedures and its commitment to the safety of its citizens, but we came to see what was in general." Noting that the discovery of the disease in the Kingdom does not mean that his presence in other countries, but that it shows the high potential to the Kingdom in the examination and epidemiological investigation applied by the Kingdom of the highest standards.

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Coronavirus: people in contact with the monitored patients

12-05-2013

This is what announces the Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, however, saying it should not "cause concern".

All the people who had contact with the two patients with the new coronavirus are subject to close monitoring by health authorities said Sunday, May 12 Marisol Touraine , but felt that we should not "raise the concern. "

"We have two cases, two patients, we make sure to have contact with all the people who have approached (...) we are very vigilant," said the Minister of Health during a press conference .

But "professionals, doctors consider that there is no need to be overly concerned," she added.

Three surveys

"Three investigations are being conducted by the Institute of Health of the people of the environment of the first patient, the second victim to Lille and also people who participated in the tour in the Arabian Peninsula in which the first patient has been achieved, "she said.

124 people in contact with the first patient were identified and contacted, said the minister.

For the second positive cases, 38 people, "mostly around him," have already been identified and contacted by the Institute of Health Surveillance (VS).

Wear a mask if you have flu-like symptoms

Its general director Françoise Weber said that they were recommended to follow hygiene measures and wear a mask if they experience flu-like symptoms.

These 38 people are contacted every day to see if they have symptoms.  Among this group, there are "a few very close and prolonged close contact" with the second patient, whose health authorities have recommended to stay at home.

In addition, 39 persons of French or Belgian nationality who participated from 9 to 17 April trip attended by the first patient has been contacted and are monitored by the InVs.

The Minister assured the "total mobilization of the government." But "there is no alarm, to cause concern," she said. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20130512.OBS8766/coronavirus-les-personnes-en-contact-avec-les-malades-surveillees.html

Novel coronavirus infection - update

12/05/2013 The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in France has informed WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case with infection of the novel coronavirus (NCoV). This patient was identified as part of the epidemiological investigation initiated by the French authorities, following laboratory confirmation of the first case on 7 May 2013. The patient shared a hospital room in Valenciennes with the first laboratory-confirmed patient from 27 to 29 April 2013. The patient is currently hospitalized and isolated in an infectious disease hospital. Among 120 persons identified as contacts of the first laboratory-confirmed case in France, laboratory tests were conducted by Pasteur Institute in Paris on five suspected cases, of which four tested negative, one (mentioned above) tested positive. In Saudi Arabia, an investigation is ongoing into an outbreak in a health care facility, where 15 patients, including seven deaths have been confirmed. From September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a global total of 34 laboratory confirmed cases of human infection with nCoV, including 18 deaths. Based on the current situation and available information, WHO encourages all Member States to continue their surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and to carefully review any unusual patterns. Health care providers are advised to be vigilant among recent travelers returning from areas affected by the virus who develop severe SARI. Specimens from patients’ lower respiratory tracts should be obtained for diagnosis where possible. Clinicians are reminded that nCoV infection should be considered even with atypical signs and symptoms in patients who are significantly immune compromised. All Member States are reminded to promptly assess and notify WHO of any new case of infection with nCoV, along with information about potential exposures that may have resulted in infection and a description of the clinical course. WHO does not advise special screening at points of entry with regard to this event nor does it currently recommend the application of any travel or trade restrictions. WHO continues to closely monitor the situation.

Rumors, grief and questions: A virus ravages a Saudi family

By Angus McDowall

HOFUF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - On the third day after his father's death from a respiratory infection, Hussein al-Sheikh began to feel feverish.

Shortly afterwards, says the 27-year-old Saudi, "I was almost dead".

Hussein, who had often visited his father's bedside in his last days, was admitted to intensive carein a hospital in Dhahran, in the Eastern Province oil heartland of Saudi Arabia.

Then his brother, Abdullah, and later his sister, Hanan, fell ill, obtaining treatment in hospitals in the nearby oasis district of al-Ahsa.

Their father Mohammed, it has since emerged, was probably a victim of what doctors believe was novel coronavirus, the new SARS-like disease that first emerged in the Gulf last year and has gone on to claim 18 lives, nine of them in the kingdom.

There is international concern, because it was a virus from the same family of pathogens that triggered the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept the world after starting in Asia in 2003 and killed 775 people.

Some of the deaths from the new virus were in Britain and France, including cases in which victims had recently traveled from the Middle East. A total of 34 cases worldwide have been confirmed by blood tests so far.

"My temperature was really high, my blood oxygen levels were very low. I was so tired I couldn't walk for days and any kind of activity made me cough," said Hussein, a PhD student who studies in Canada. To avoid spreading infection, he wore a green face mask.

SLEEPY OASIS

World Health Organization (WHO) experts this week visited Ahsa, a sleepy oasis of around a million people, to work with Saudi authorities in investigating the latest outbreak.

Much of the attention has focused on the private al-Moosa General Hospital in Hofuf, Ahsa's main town, where many of those infected, including Mohammed al-Sheikh, were treated in the intensive care unit.

A senior WHO official said on Sunday it appeared likely that the virus could be passed between people in close contact.

WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda said, however, that there was no evidence so far that the virus was able to sustain "generalized transmission in communities", a scenario that would raise the specter of a pandemic.

A public health expert, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said "close contact" in this context meant being in the same small, enclosed space with an infected person for a prolonged period of time.

Mohammed al-Sheikh, who suffered from diabetes and had been admitted to hospital with a high fever and low blood sugar never knew what had infected him. He lost consciousness two days before he died.

"The doctors said they didn't know what was wrong," said Hussein. "During his first two days in intensive care he could talk and eat by himself and go to the washroom. But then it got worse. He was on the highest level of oxygen and they had to drug him. He left without saying goodbye," he said, referring to his death.

In the wake of Rumors about the extent of the virus in Ahsa last week, some families of people who were hospitalized said they had been asked by authorities not to speak to media.

Separated from the big cities of Riyadh and Dammam by large stretches of desert, Ahsa is a pretty area famous for its date farms. Drive through its dusty villages and goats appear grazing beneath the palm fronds. Between the trees jut pale rocky outcrops carved by the elements into outlandish shapes.

CALAMITY OF A FATHER'S DEATH

There was little sign in the al-Moosa General Hospital's reception area late on Saturday that it was at the center of a global health concern.

Visitors, doctors and nurses hurried down the corridors. Two women in black hijab waited with their babies outside a door marked "vaccination room".

Hussein al-Sheikh said he believed his father contracted novel coronavirus in the hospital's intensive care unit and that he then caught it there himself during the hours he spent visiting his father in the days before he died on April 15.

But Malek al-Moosa, the hospital's general manager, denied this suggestion and said he believed the patients were in fact exposed to a common source of the virus outside Moosa General Hospital.

Fukukda of the WHO said it was not yet clear how the virus was transmitted.

Of the four members of the Sheikh family who fell sick, only one, Abdullah al-Sheikh, 33, has so far been tested positive for novel coronavirus.

Samples from Mohammed, Hussein and Hanan are still being tested but Moosa said it was likely that they also had the virus.

A poster-sized portrait of Mohammed al-Sheikh, a 56-year-old former employee of the national oil company Saudi Aramco, is displayed in the Sheikh family's reception room, where three of his 10 children sat to describe what they call the "calamity" that has hit their family.

"Our father's dream was that we should all live in one house with a big garden. He had started building it and finished almost 50 percent. This is just killing us," said Hussein. http://news.yahoo.com/rumors-grief-questions-virus-ravages-saudi-family-144807051.html

WHO Press Statement Related to the Novel Coronavirus Situation

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sharon sanders

12 May 2013


The emergence of this new coronavirus is globally recognized as an important and major challenge for all of the countries which have been affected as well as the rest of the world. The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recognized this and invited the World Health Organization (WHO) to help them assess the situation and to provide guidance and recommendations. WHO is pleased to be here to work together with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

At this time there are some things about this new disease we understand. However I would like to remind everyone that this is a new infection and there are also many gaps in our knowledge that will inevitably take time to fill in.

We know that the disease is caused by a virus from a group called coronaviruses. One member of the coronavirus family is the SARs virus. This new virus is NOT the SARS virus. They are distinct from each other. However, the fact that they are related has added to the world’s concern. We know this virus has infected people since 2012, but we don’t know where this virus lives. We know that when people get infected, many of them develop severe pneumonia. What we don’t know is how often people might develop mild disease. We also know that most of the persons who have been infected so far have been older men, often with other medical conditions. We are not sure why we are seeing this pattern and if it will change over time.

There are many other things that we don’t understand. For example, how are people getting infected? Is it from animals? Is it from contaminated surfaces? Is it from other people? Finally, we don’t know how widespread is this virus, both in this region and in other countries.

The greatest global concern, however, is about the potential for this new virus to spread. This is partly because the virus has already caused severe disease in multiple countries, although in small numbers, and has persisted in the region since 2012. Of most concern, however, is the fact that the different clusters seen in multiple countries increasingly support the hypothesis that when there is close contact this novel coronavirus can transmit from person-to-person. This pattern of person-to- person transmission has remained limited to some small clusters and so far, there is no evidence that this virus has the capacity to sustain generalized transmission in communities.

At this point, several urgent actions are needed. The most important ones are the need for countries, both inside and outside of the region, to increase their levels of awareness among all people but especially among staff working in their health systems and to increase their levels of surveillance about this new infection. In Saudi Arabia, we have seen the importance of better surveillance. When new cases are found, as is likely, it is critical for countries to report these cases and related information urgently to WHO as required by the International Health Regulations because this is the basis for effective international alertness, preparedness and response. Countries also need to assess their level of preparedness and readiness if this virus should spread and to intensify strengthening the core capacities identified in the International Health Regulations if they are not adequate. WHO is ready to assist countries in this region and globaly in these tasks.

There are also some questions that urgently need to be answered including how are people are getting infected, and what are the main risk factors for either infection or development of severe disease. The answers to these questions hold the keys to preventing infection.

In closing, we want to note that the Government of Saudi Arabia has taken the novel coronavirus situation very seriously. The Ministry of Health has initiated crucial public health actions -- including intensifying surveillance, initiating investigations and important research and putting control measures in place.

One of the reasons why more cases have been identified in KSA may be because they have gone ahead to strengthen their surveillance system and lab capacities and network.

Coronavirus: transmission from man to man confirmed

The Point.fr - Published 12/05/2013 at 15:27 - Modified 12/05/2013 at 15:40

This virus is "fortunately less infectious than SARS," said Professor Guery the University Hospital of Lille, where both hospitalized patients infected.

The Ministry of Health announced on the night of Saturday to Sunday as the man who had shared for three days, from April 27 to 29, the patient's room at the hospital in Valenciennes, while respiratory disease was not yet known, was well contracted coronavirus (NCoV). These results confirm a transmission from man to man, rare, but possible virus: "This means that once you have an infection, there is a progression that occurs with lung disease can become severe, as c This is the case in this patient, "said on France 2 Guery Professor of Infectious Diseases service Lille University Hospital.

However, coronavirus nCoV is "fortunately less infectious than SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)," said Professor Guery.

"We should not worry"

The specialist "believes we should not worry," given the location "well defined" virus (mainly the Saudi Arabia ) and its "low infectivity". "It is a virus that has been around for a little over a year, and has 34 cases, while for SARS in a few months, we reached 8000 cases," he said.

At midday, the second patient was transferred from the infectious diseases service of resuscitation, because "a deterioration in his clinical condition," according to the University Hospital of Lille. This patient is more difficult to breathe, because "its oxygen requirements have worsened," said a spokeswoman, but it is not at this stage placed on a respirator, in contrast to the first patient.

The necessary steps are taken

According to Professor Guery, if appropriate measures are taken, "there is a risk is extremely low to have secondary infections, except of course if there were changes in the virus." In parallel, the first patient, a 65 year old man hospitalized in intensive care, was still in a "very serious" condition Sunday that "stabilized", according to the hospital.

A special device was developed at the University Hospital of Lille, with the backing of "dedicated teams trained to manage infectious situations. These are the same teams that rotate to avoid possible contamination" of other members of staff, said the spokesman. The Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine will hold a press conference in 16 hours.

http://www.lepoint.fr/sante/coronavirus-transmission-d-homme-a-homme-confirme-12-05-2013-1665749_40.php

Minister of Health's "Today": the death of 15 "بالكرونا" and recording 24 wounded and 3 suspected cases

Abdullah Al-Amari - Riyadh12/05/2013 - 15:24:00

 

The Minister of Health. Abdullah Al-Rabiah that the registration of cases of crowns is not limited to the province of Al-Ahsa but cases have been registered in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam already announced when discovered, stressing that the ministry suspected 3 Koruna virus cases will be the announcement of the results of the analyzes in all transparency.

D said. Rabiah response to a question "Today": There is no need for the work misgivings in schools because most of the cases that have been recorded are for males men and adults, and that the WHO did not recommend this, pointing out that health will work according to the precautions and procedures, internationally recognized, albeit updated New in this aspect we will work on it. 
between his ministry and spirit of transparency with the community and the media, confirms that since the diagnosis of the first case of infected (CZK typical) New, who belongs to a platoon (coronavirus) has the ministry to inform everyone of all professional, transparent and continued to initiate the publication of all cases which is confirmed diagnosis and, since the discovery of the virus mysterious, as the ministry has to communicate with experts from inside and outside the home, and the World Health Organization, and invited experts from Columbia University to participate in the field survey and environmental access to scientific results contribute to the prevention of this disease.
added d. Rabiah that the ministry has also invited experts from Canada, America and the World Health Organization to view all the actions carried out by the Ministry of Health, including visiting hospitals and patients and see their files and communicate with health workers in all professional. 
said in a press conference held on Sunday at the Diwan of the ministry: that number of cases of this disease in the Kingdom since the month of Shawwal 1433 AH, corresponding to the month of September 9/2012 m this time amounted to (24) case, died of them (15) case - may Allah have mercy and Ngmayorm rest in peace - with the consolation and all the employees of the ministry for their loved ones and their families.         
 pointed out that Through follow-up cases, it became clear that the symptoms of the disease, is the high temperature and cough followed by severe pneumonia affecting both lungs, and the diagnosis is made ​​by taking a sample of the fluid stream respiratory system, and found that most of the cases have chronic diseases lead to immunocompromised patient...         

http://www.alyaum.com/News/art/81837.html

Novel coronavirus: Point Press Marisol Touraine at the Institute of Health Surveillance, Sunday, May 12, 2013

May 12, 2013

A second case of new coronavirus (NCoV) in France was confirmed on 12 May 2013. The Institute of Health continues epidemiological investigation to identify people who have been in contact with this new case. 
Marisol Touraine, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, will visit the Institute of Health Surveillance (VS) This Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 15:30.

Program:

15:30: Meeting with teams of epidemiologists.

Warning: Due to the smallness of the place, only a pool of journalists may attend this meeting. This pool consists of 
TV: France 2 and BFM TV 
Writer: AFP 
Photo: AFP

16h00: Press Briefing: Marisol Touraine, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, will be accompanied by Dr Jean-Yves Grall, Director General of Health, and Dr. Françoise Weber, Director of the Institute of Health. 
InVS Address: 12 rue du Val D'osne, Saint Maurice (94).

Accreditations from the office of the Minister.

Press Contacts: 
Office of Marisol Touraine: 01 40 56 60 65 - cab-ass-presse@sante.gouv.fr 
InVS Isabelle Trema to 06 64 68 02 70 or Imen Boubdallah to 06 46 38 36 49 
Directorate of Health: 01 40 56 84 00 or 01 40 56 52 62 or presse-dgs@sante.gouv.fr http://www.social-sante.gouv.fr/actualite-presse,42/invitations-presse,2339/nouveau-coronavirus-point-presse,15821.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Two more people die of novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH (Reuters) - Two more people have died from novel coronavirus, a new strain of the virus similar to the one that caused SARS, in an outbreak in al-Ahsa region of Saudi Arabia, the deputy health minister for public health said on Sunday.

Ziad Memish said that in the latest cluster of infections, 15 cases had been confirmed, and nine of those patients had died. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-coronavirus-saudi-deathsbre94b05e-20130512,0,1937226.story

Plans urged against latent virus threat in Bahrain

Manama, 7 hours, 3 minutes ago

Health authorities were yesterday urged to take immediate pre-emptive measures to avert a potential outbreak of SARS-like coronavirus in Bahrain, a report said.

Parliament's foreign affairs, defence and national security committee member Sawsan Taqawi called on the health ministry to outline contingency plans to contain potential outbreak in Bahrain, according to the report in the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

"We have not noticed any serious pre-emptive measures undertaken by the ministry to confront the dangerous viral disease," she said, stressing the need to raise awareness to contain any outbreak.

Taqaqi said parliament is ready to back any increase in the budget for the Health Ministry.

The ministry had already issued a statement denying any infection in Bahrain.

Taqawi urged the ministry to address the public's queries regarding the diagnosis and the availability of required medication.

Three suspected cases of the virus have been discovered in northern France, health authorities said there after confirming the country's first case of the deadly respiratory infection this week.

Along with the French cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered 23 cases in Saudi Arabia, two in Jordan, two in Qatar, one in the UAE and two in Britain.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have invited experts to help it deal with a large outbreak of the virus in the eastern Saudi city of Al Hofuf, and a Canadian infectious diseases specialist is among them.

Toronto SARS expert Dr Allison McGeer arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, travelling at the request of the kingdom's government, a source revealed.

The outbreak, which involves at least 13 cases, has ratcheted up worry about the coronavirus, the WHO acknowledged in an update on the virus, which is from the same family as the virus. http://www.tradearabia.com/news/HEAL_235719.html

New virus can probably pass person to person: WHO

RIYADH (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday it appeared likely that the novel coronavirus, which has killed 18 people in the Middle East and Europe, could be passed between people in close contact.

The coronavirus is from the same viral family that triggered the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept the world after starting in Asia in late 2003 and killed 775 people.

WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda, speaking after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the site of the largest cluster of infections, told reporters in Riyadh there was no evidence so far that the virus was able to sustain "generalized transmission in communities".

But he added: "Of most concern ... is the fact that the different clusters seen in multiple countries ... increasingly support the hypothesis that when there is close contact, this novel coronavirus can transmit from person to person."

A public health expert, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said "close contact" in this context meant being in the same small, enclosed space with an infected person for a prolonged period of time. http://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-probably-passed-person-person-112813826.html

Saudi Arabia: Three suspected cases of the virus, "Corona"

- The Saudi Health Minister Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Rabiah, the authorities suspected the existence of three cases of Corona virus.
He said in a press conference held with officials of the delegation of the World Health Organization (WHO), it was recorded 24 cases of HIV infection so far since September / IOL.
He explained that the authorities are counting on people's awareness, as it perhaps there are cases do not reach hospitals.
For his part, explained in the official delegation of the World Health Organization that the delegation was not repelled an investigation, but for which came in force in all countries where there were fears the focus of calls infected concerted international efforts.
The press conference was held on the sidelines of the annual Saudi health.
Before that, according to the Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, that the selection of consultants and specialists from universities, organizations, and international bodies, and the World Health Organization arrived in Saudi response to HIV, "Corona", which claimed the lives of seven people, recorded 17 cases of infection in the world, until the moment .
The spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Khalid Marghalani, in a statement carried by the official news agency, that the delegation of the World Health Organization and experts from universities met with the Deputy Minister of Public Health Dr. Ziad Mamish presence of a number of officials of the Public Health Agency and health education.
He added: "During the meeting, check out the strategies, policies and measures taken by the ministry to deal with the Corona virus and review what was done precautionary efforts and the work of finding and epidemiological to reduce its spread."
Last week, Saudi Arabia announced the high incidence of deaths with the virus, which has no up to the minute antibiotic or a vaccine, to seven, after monitoring three new cases of the disease in the province of Ahsa.
It is noteworthy that the virus Corona is one of the viruses that infect the respiratory tract, which represents 15 per cent of the viruses that cause influenza in humans, does not yet exist at the level of the world accurate information about its source or its modes of transmission, as there is no vaccination and preventive or antibiotic to treat it .  http://www.murasel.org/portal/2013/05/12/245120/

Fever patient with travel history tested negative for novel coronavirus

Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) received notification from Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) today (May 12) of a suspected case of severe respiratory disease associated with novel coronavirus affecting a 27-year-old man. His respiratory specimen tested negative for the virus.

The patient, who presented with fever, took transit via Doha and arrived in Hong Kong last night. He was subsequently sent to the Accident and Emergency Department of the QEH and is currently admitted in the isolation ward.

His chest X-ray was clear.

He has been in a stable condition all along.

Preliminary laboratory testing of the patient's nasopharyngeal swab by the Public Health Laboratory Services Branch of the CHP yielded negative for Novel Coronavirus associated with Severe Respiratory Disease.

"The CHP will continue its surveillance mechanism with public and private hospitals, practising doctors and the airport for any suspected cases of severe respiratory disease associated with novel coronavirus," a DH spokesman said.

"No human infection with this virus has been identified so far in Hong Kong," the spokesman stressed.

"We would like to reassure the public that the Government will be as transparent as possible in the dissemination of information on cases of Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus. Whenever there is a suspected case, particularly involving patients with travel history to the Middle East and the affected areas, the CHP will release information to the public as soon as possible," the spokesman said.

Travellers returning from novel coronavirus-affected areas with respiratory symptoms are advised to wear face masks, seek medical attention and reveal their travel history to doctors.

The spokesman reminded members of the public to take heed of personal hygiene:

* Wash hands before touching the eyes, nose and mouth;
* Wash hands before eating or handling food;
* Wash hands after using the toilet;
* Wash hands after sneezing or coughing and cleaning the nose; and
* Avoid direct contact with animals, birds or poultry.

Members of the public may visit the CHP's website
(www.chp.gov.hk/en/content/9/460/19899.html) for more information on personal hygiene.http://7thspace.com/headlines/437644/fever_patient_with_travel_history_tested_negative_for_novel_coronavirus.html

Coronavirus: the second patient transferred to ICU

The second patient's clinical condition worsened by the Lille University Hospital.The patient has difficulty breathing. The French second patient affected by the new coronavirus was being transferred to intensive care Sunday at mid-day due to a "deterioration in his clinical condition," announced the Regional University Hospital of Lille (CHU) .

The patient has more difficulty breathing because "its oxygen requirements have worsened," said a spokesman for the University Hospital, noting that he was not at this stage under respiratory assistance, unlike the first sick. A clinical assessment will be conducted on arrival in the ICU. http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/coronavirus-deuxieme-malade-transfere-reanimation-512624.html

coronavirus - Status report: A new case of confirmed infection

May 12, 2013As recalled Marisol Touraine, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, on the occasion of his visit to the University Hospital of Lille this Saturday, May 11, an epidemiological investigation was launched following the confirmation of a case of infection with the new coronavirus (NCoV) in France in a patient. The latter was hospitalized at the hospital of Valenciennes, Douai and then finally at the University Hospital of Lille, where he is now.

This survey identified hundred and twenty four people who had contact with the patient (and entourage contacts in hospital). Two of them were under investigation this Saturday, May 11 These are:

• a member of the entourage of the patient, which is isolated in his home;

• the person who shared the 27 to 29 April the last room on the first patient with a coronavirus infection, the CH Valenciennes. This person, who was prolonged and close with the first patient contact, is currently hospitalized and isolated operation Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital of Lille.

For the first of these people, negative results were reported by the Pasteur Institute, as in other cases previously investigated. For the second, positive results have just been confirmed.

The Institute of Health continues epidemiological investigation to identify people who have been in contact with this new case of infection with the new coronavirus (NCoV).

Fully mobilized, health authorities are monitoring the situation with the utmost care and will communicate any new information.

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Second French coronavirus case confirmed

Sun May 12, 2013 5:38am EDT

(Reuters) - A second case of a new SARS-like coronavirus has been diagnosed in France, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, in what appeared to be a case of human-to-human transmission.

The new infection was found in a patient who had shared a hospital room with the only other confirmed sufferer in France, the ministry said in a statement.

Health experts are concerned about clusters of cases of the new coronavirus strain, nCoV, which started in the Gulf and has spread toFrance, Britain and Germany. But there has so far been little evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission.

Professor Benoit Guery, head of the Lille hospital's infectious diseases unit, said the second infection suggested that airborne transmission of the virus was possible, although the ministry noted that the roommates had had "close and prolonged contact".

"The transmission chain is becoming clearer," Guery told BFM Television.

France's second case was confirmed in a 50-year-old man who had shared a hospital room in Valenciennes, northern France, with a 65-year-old who had fallen ill after returning from Dubai and was later diagnosed with the disease.

Both men are now in hospital in the nearby city of Lille, where they are being kept in isolation.

Health officials screened 24 people who had come into contact with the first confirmed case and carried out laboratory tests on at least five, including three health professionals.

All came back negative except his former hospital roommate, who had shared a room with him between April 27 and 29, the ministry said.

French health authorities are now broadening their screening effort to include anyone who has been in contact with the second confirmed case.

The latest diagnosis brings the number of cases confirmed globally to 34, after Saudi Arabia said two people admitted to hospital there in April had tested positive for the disease.  

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/12/us-coronavirus-france-idUSBRE94A04R20130512

Ms. Latifa Mohamed

I joined the Saudi woman victims of the virus «Corona» as Gebha death after a month of Mlazemtha bed in a hospital in the province of Al-Ahsa (eastern Saudi Arabia), while the visiting delegation from the World Health Organization hospitals Ahsa, which recorded the death of 8 people, in addition to 13 wounded announced injury officially . It is feared that the real number of people affected is even greater.   And died Ms. Latifa Mohamed (69 years) life at dawn Wednesday, dragged bird flu Pfyrus, 'Corona'. 

Al «life» that the deceased was lying in the intensive care unit at a private hospital in Al-Ahsa, about a month ago, even the same health deteriorated, and she died. And one of the sons of the deceased told «life» that his mother received treatment in a number of government and private hospitals, and was in relatively good health but the health suddenly deteriorated unchanged. 

Who are the two infected patients?

A 65 year old man.  This traveler, returning from Dubai , was hospitalized initially in hospital Valenciennes, Douai and then finally to the University Hospital of Lille, where he is currently in intensive care on life support . His condition was described Saturday of "stable but serious" by Professor Daniel Mathieu, head of the intensive care unit. The patient was presented April 23 at the Hospital of Valenciennes (North), where he was followed for a chronic disease. He had digestive problems, which explains why it has not been isolated.

His former roommate. This is a man who has roommates first patient for four days, Valenciennes, while respiratory disease had not yet been detected. For this patient, now isolated in Infectious Diseases Service at the University Hospital of Lille, positive results were confirmed in the night from Saturday to Sunday. He continues to be administered "fairly aggressive"  antibiotics, according to Professor Benoit Guery, the Lille University Hospital. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/un-second-cas-de-coronavirus-confirme-a-lille_322225.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5blestitres%5d