Confirmed the absence of a recommendation "universal" examines the pilgrims

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Tuesday 2014/05/20

Confirmed the absence of a recommendation "universal" examines the pilgrims

Deputy Minister of Health: Corona entered a phase of stability

Mohammed Khchim

Riyadh - the earliest Sharif (Photo - Abdullatif Al-Hamdan):

Said Deputy Health Minister for Planning and Development, Dr. Mohammed Khchim for "Riyadh" The spread of disease in the Kingdom of Corona entered a phase of stability, while stressing that the ministry is not considering placing the detectors for travelers, whether they are departures or arrivals.

He Khchim for "Riyadh": "There is no recommendation from the World Health Organization examines the pilgrims coming to the Kingdom, and leave the Kingdom does not need it, until the days of swine flu was on with the same context, it was forced Kingdom on early screening, the traveler patient this is another is also subject to examination, but the ordinary traveler difficult examined do not think about it, and we are far from the pandemic. "

And the status of the disease now said Khchim: "put the virus now fixed and you can say that there are signs of improvement, in the sense that there is no increase in cases, and this thing is encouraging now, but do not want to anticipate the event, and we are now very cautious so as not to loosen any of the working groups , and we want the doctors and nurses and practitioners to take full care of, and we continue to do that until we finish them. "

He added: "We have complete information about the disease, and the minister Adel Al Faqih supported the principle of transparency, based on which we give information to the World Health Organization and health companies own that provided from the outside, and let's make a difference many foreign to see specific health status in the Kingdom."

He added: "We are with the World Health Organization in contact permanently, and there were things they advised us out Fmlnaha, and they agreed to 99 per cent of what Nfznah in this regard, and if perhaps they would like to keep awareness of a certain class of people, we welcome them, and for the information of this interest bring in experts, and had a new experience or new information is welcome. "

 

On the other hand, continued for the second day in a row, "Exhibition and Conference Saudi health in 2014," the largest international exhibition for health care in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who hosted "Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre" until 21 May, with the participation of over 300 exhibitors from 35 countries from around the world to highlight the current developments and future prospects and promising opportunities available within the Saudi healthcare sector, and highlights the importance of the health care sector in the Kingdom through the products and services that are displayed in the exhibition and conference Saudi health in 2014.

Iqbal on the show

Health Fair this year   http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alriyadh.com%2Fnews

CDC Travel Notice

MERS in the Arabian Peninsula

Warning - Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel

Alert - Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions

Watch - Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions

Updated: May 19, 2014

What is the Current Situation?

Countries in or near the Arabian Peninsula

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Cases of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) have been identified in multiple countries in the Arabian Peninsula. There have also been cases in several other countries in travelers who have been to the Arabian Peninsula and, in some instances, their close contacts. Two cases have been confirmed in two health care workers living in Saudi Arabia who were visiting the United States. For more information, see CDC’s MERS website.
If you are traveling to countries in or near the Arabian Peninsula,* CDC recommends that you pay attention to your health during and after your trip. You should call a doctor right away if you develop fever and symptoms of lower respiratory illness, such as cough or shortness of breath, within 14 days after traveling from countries in or near the Arabian Peninsula. Tell the doctor about your recent travel.
CDC does not recommend that travelers change their plans because of MERS. Most instances of person-to-person spread have occurred in health care workers and other close contacts (such as family members and caregivers) of people sick with MERS. If you are concerned about MERS, you should discuss your travel plans with your doctor.

Special advice for people traveling to the Arabian Peninsula to work in health care settings

If you are traveling to provide health care services in the Arabian Peninsula, please review CDC’s recommendations for infection control of confirmed or suspected MERS cases. CDC recommends that you practice these precautions and monitor your health closely.... http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/coronavirus-arabian-peninsula-uk

Canada Travel Health Notice

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Updated: May 15, 2014

Travel Health Notice

Since April 2012, cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been identified in the following countries in the Middle East: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and most recently Yemen and Lebanon.
Cases linked to travel in the Middle East have also been reported in several other countries: France, Italy, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and most recently, in Egypt, Malaysia, Greece, the United States, the Philippines and the Netherlands.
There is growing evidence that direct or indirect contact with camels play a significant role in the virus transmission. Some of the infections have occurred in clusters between individuals in close contact with one another (e.g. within the same household) and an increasing number of infections have occurred among health care workers in health care settings, indicating the importance of following strict infection control practices. This suggests that the virus can spread between humans, however, there has been no sustained person-to-person transmission and the risk of contracting this infection is still considered to be low.... http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/notices-avis/notices-avis-eng.php?id=108

Australian MERS travel bulletin

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

HomeTravel BulletinMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Latest update

This Bulletin was last issued on Friday, 16 May 2014.  

There is ongoing concern about the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which was first reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in September 2012. Cases of MERS-CoV have been reported in several countries of the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Other countries outside the Middle East have also reported imported cases from returned travellers. All cases have either lived in or travelled to the Middle East, or had close contact with travellers returning from these areas. There have been no cases in Australia to date.

What are the symptoms and who is at risk?

MERS-CoV can cause a rapid onset of severe respiratory illness with a fatality rate of around 40%. There is no vaccine for MERS-CoV. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. Some patients have reported a variety of other symptoms, including muscle pain, diarrhoea, vomiting and nausea. Some patients have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic. Severe cases have most frequently occurred in people with underlying conditions that may have made them more susceptible to infection (including diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension, asthma and lung diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease).

Reducing the risk of exposure

Dromedary camels are suspected to be the source of infection for sporadic cases, but the exact routes of direct or indirect exposure remain unknown. Person-to-person transmission has been documented, particularly in healthcare settings.
The WHO advises that people at potentially higher risk of severe disease due to MERS-CoV should take appropriate precautions when visiting farms, barn areas or market environments where camels are present in MERS-affected countries. Appropriate precautions might include avoiding contact with camels, good hand hygiene, and avoiding drinking raw milk or eating food that may be contaminated with animal secretions or products unless they are properly washed, peeled or cooked.
All travellers should adhere to general hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals, avoiding contact with sick animals, and following food hygiene practices when visiting a farm of barn in MER-CoV affected countries.
Seek immediate medical attention if you feel unwell with symptoms similar to MERS-CoV infection while travelling or on your return to Australia. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider that you have travelled to a region where MERS-CoV is known to occur. Avoid close contact with people who are ill with these symptoms.

Healthcare workers

Many confirmed cases have occurred in healthcare workers. The particular conditions or procedures that lead to transmission in hospital are not well known. However, lapses in infection control are known to be important in increasing the risk of infection in healthcare workers. Therefore, the WHO emphasises the importance of infection control strategies and practices in healthcare in affected countries, not only when caring for suspected MERS-CoV patients but also when caring for patients in all circumstances. See the Australian Department of Health website for information about infection control measures for healthcare workers.

More information

For more information about MERS-CoV, see the following websites:

• Australian Government Department of Health
• World Health Organization
• Saudi Ministry of Healt
• http://smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/TravelBulletins/MERS 

Two healthy Greene County residents tested for MERS

Two Greene County residents are awaiting test results for the MERS virus that they possibly were exposed to on a flight to Orlando, a top Greene County health official said today.
Kendra Findley, the administrator of community health and epidemiology, said the two had voluntary blood tests as part of a nationwide effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to test everyone who was on the flight to Orlando which originated in Saudi Arabia.
"Neither one had symptoms at all so I'm fairly confident that the test results will come back negative," Findley said... http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/05/20/two-healthy-greene-county-residents-tested-mers/2275032/

Najran infected .. "Corona" treated at home under the supervision of "preventive medicine"

 05/21/2014

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At the time that the interaction of the Mtabau social networking sites with news of grace King Khaled Hospital in Najran exit infected with Corona, which was published by the "home" yesterday, asking them to prevent the output infected only after making sure of their recovery, to protect society from the risk of infection. Confirmed that an advisory group of patients Corona is isolated and treated at home under the supervision of Preventive Medicine.

Says the head of departments esoteric and consultant of infectious diseases in Aseer Hospital Dr. Tariq Alozarka for "home," that "the people infected with Corona, and do not exhibit symptoms of the disease are a danger to others while mingling with them, despite the fact that the presence of the virus in their bodies at this stage weak somewhat, but the transmission of infection to others and Ward, although it few, while in contrast, infected with the virus who show symptoms - a high temperature, and was nominated, and nausea - are more dangerous, because the virus in their bodies reached the peak, and breed in large numbers. "

 

He added that "there are actions to take in all the hospitals in the case has been detected on one of the reviewers, and he showed symptoms of" Corona ", where it is certain actions begin to take the swab nasal and annular, and the isolation of the patient by Tnoima in a private room not by others, and ask him to put a muzzle on the nose, and follow the procedures for prevention, as well as giving antibiotics that contribute to the relief of symptoms. "

 

And Dr Alozarka that "there are two kinds of people: First, show signs of a simple show of infection, there are Tnoimam Oazlhm, and taken him to swab the nasal and ringed, and allows him to get out, and ask him to insulation in the house, until the advent of the result, if confirmed infected with the virus, relay in his home by a team of preventive medicine costly health affairs by both his area, the second type: Pkorona infected with chronic diseases, and proving injury after examination, and these are their detention and isolation in the hospital for follow-up treatment. "

 

And the possibility of injury to the patient with the virus again after his recovery, said consultant infectious diseases and internal medicine at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Dr. Hale Abdali, said that "those who have recovered from Coruna would not be safe from injury again, although this possibility is weak.

, The Ministry of Health announced yesterday recording three new infections and Ofatyn, explained a ministry statement that the injured one in Riyadh and the other in Medina, and the third in Taif, The Deceased And one in Riyadh and another in Jeddah, bringing the number of people living to 540 and deaths to 175.

For his part, the minister of health in charge of Engineer Adel bin Mohammed Faqih yesterday a speech to a meeting of ministers from health in the countries of the Middle East, in Geneva, in which he spoke about the efforts and initiatives that have been undertaken in the UK to combat the virus Coruna, said: "The containment of the virus Corona comes a top priority for the Ministry of Health, which is what we are working with our partners from international organizations and institutions, as well as research and medicine experts from within and outside the Kingdom, as we daily coordination with the World Health Organization to ensure that the exchange of the latest results and information.

On the other hand, began monitoring the health center in Jeddah Islamic Port yesterday, to implement its program of health awareness and provided to pilgrims and visitors from various countries across the outlet port.

The director stressed "the health of Jeddah," Dr. Sami Badawoud during the opening program on the need to educate the pilgrims of pilgrims and visitors to the House of God coming through the port of Jeddah Islamic Port and port King Abdulaziz International Airport and how to protect themselves and their companions from the disease. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fakhbaar24.argaam.com%2Farticle%2Fdetail%2F175092%2F%25d9%2586%25d8%25ac%25d8%25b1%25d8%25a7%25d9%2586-%25d9%2585%25d8%25b5%25d8%25a7%25d8%25a8-%25d9%2583%25d9%2588%25d8%25b1%25d9%2588%25d9%2586%25d8%25a7-%25d9%258a%25d8%25b9%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d8%25ac-%25d9%2581%25d9%258a-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d9%2585%25d9%2586%25d8%25b2%25d9%2584-%25d8%25a8%25d8%25a5%25d8%25b4%25d8%25b1%25d8%25a7%25d9%2581-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d8%25b7%25d8%25a8-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25d9%2588%25d9%2582%25d8%25a7%25d8%25a6%25d9%258a

Coronavirus patient discharged at his own risk

NAJRAN: Arab News

Published — Tuesday 20 May 2014

 Najran’s Health Affairs caused controversy among local residents when it allowed a coronavirus patient to be discharged from King Khalid Hospital.
Saleh Al-Munis, Najran’s Health Affairs director, said in a statement that the patient, a 65-year-old man, was in stable condition and left the hospital after claiming he had an appointment at King Fahad Medical City.
Muhsin Al-Rabian, Health Affairs spokesman, confirmed that the patient was stable when he left the hospital.
The debate about whether the coronavirus is transmissible from human to human or from camels is still going on.
Investigations were conducted after 23 camels recently died in Hail. The Agriculture Ministry had ascertained their cause of death to be due to poison and not the coronavirus.
Salman Al-Sweineh, Hail Agricultural Affairs director, said a team of vets had been formed to take samples from the cadavers and the fodder used to feed the animals.
The owner is being questioned over the incident.
Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Canada and Holland have recently registered coronavirus cases. Most of the patients diagnosed in these countries had recently traveled from the Kingdom.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that the coronavirus is not considered a global emergency due to lack of sufficient knowledge about its origins and mode of transmission. http://www.arabnews.com/news/573666

The delegation is headed by the Minister of Health for the State of the General Assembly of the World Health in Geneva

Date Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

Attended by His Excellency Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Health at the head of delegation of the State, at the opening of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly for Global Health, which began yesterday and will continue until next Saturday, at the headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, in the presence of more than one hundred and fifty Minister of Health from various countries around the world.

And will examine the Assembly updates global health challenges, topped by a virus Corona, as well as file strengthen preparedness for influenza pandemic and sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and to intensify efforts of the Global Initiative for polio eradication and drug resistance of antimicrobials, as well as file repair the World Health Organization.

She will also discuss the global strategy for the health sector on HIV infection and AIDS in the period from 2011 to 2015, as well as the draft strategy to accelerate progress towards achieving the goals and objectives of international development, youth and health risks, and the issue of the impact of climate change on health.

The General Assembly review the subject of health systems and strategy, and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property, and transplant human organs and tissues and also the WHO strategy on health research in addition to the response to the World Health Organization and its role as the leader of a group of health in the field to meet the demands of health growing in cases humanitarian emergencies.

On the other hand, co-Minister of Health yesterday also at the meeting of the Council of Arab Health Ministers, which was held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the global health and research health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem and the occupied Syrian Golan, as well as the coordination of Arab positions in the General Assembly, In addition to the review of the consolidated word of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health to the General Assembly, as well as preparations for the Arab summit, economic and social development to be held in Tunis in 2015. (Geneva - WAM) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alittihad.ae%2Fdetails.php%3Fid%3D44743%26y%3D2014

Filipino expats not obliged to take MERS tests: Embassy

RIYADH: Rodolfo C. Estimo Jr.

Published — Tuesday 20 May 2014

The Philippine Embassy issued a statement on Monday clarifying that Filipino expatriates residing in the Kingdom are not obliged to undergo MERS-CoV testing.
“The embassy has advised health workers, like nurses, to take the test because they are exposed to patients suffering from corona virus,” an embassy official explained.
“Those wishing to take the test as a precautionary measure should go to the King Saud bin Abdulaziz Medical Complex, or Al-Shumaisi Hospital,” read the statement.
The embassy’s advisory noted that Filipinos who choose not to take the test before leaving the Kingdom, will undergo scanning upon arrival at airports in the Philippines.
It also cautioned individuals that the symptoms of the virus take 13-14 days to appear and include fever, coughing, shortness of breath and in some instances diarrhea.
Earlier, the embassy announced that one of the three nurses diagnosed with the virus had recovered after receiving treatment at King Fahd Medical City.
Doctors have advised residents and citizens to wash their hands regularly, eat and sleep well and avoid camel products.
Heeding warnings and advisories from concerned authorities, many city residents including Filipinos have been wearing facemasks. http://www.arabnews.com/news/573656

Deadly MERS May Be Easier to Transmit Than Previously Thought

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/deadly-mers-may-be-easier-transmit-previously-thought-n108666

Saudi Schools allowed early summer break

Schools allowed early summer break

The school summer vacation will start from 3/8/1435H, corresponding to June 1, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Education to all schools. Khaled Al-Ghamdi of the ministry said the schools can announce summer vacation for students from June 1. Earlier the ministry circular had said that the summer vacation will start from June 19.
Many international and Saudi schools started their final exams on Sunday, especially for kindergarten, so as to complete the current session by May end or first week of June.
School authorities came under tremendous pressure from parents and teachers to close the schools early because of MERS coronavirus scare. But the ministry didn’t relent and ordered them to create a special room with equipment and doctors to meet the CoV threat.
The schools are conducting annual exams according to their academic schedule for small children but some said that they started the exams for all the grades to finish it at once.
“We started exams of kindergarten (KG) and grades 1 to 3 according to our academic schedule and instruction of the ministry to finish them on time, as now its examination time for all schools, and many of the international schools started their exams for lower grades as well as higher grades today,” said Sadia Kalim, principal of Al Hukma International Schoo.
She said that their academic year will end in the first week of June as per their earlier plan.
Hera Talib, a parent, told Arab News that Wadi International School also started exams for all the grades on Sunday. For higher grades they used to start late but this year they are taking all the exams at once to be on the safe side and finish all together by June 3.
Sahar Khan, a teacher, said that in her school the children of KG and grades 1 to 3 are already on vacation after finishing their academic session. From next week, exams for higher grades will start and the school will close on June 6 for summer vacation. http://www.arabnews.com/news/573201

Palestinian Health Minister: We recommend not to go for the pilgrimage because of the "Corona"

 05/19/2014 - Last updated: 00:18

The media quoted a Palestinian on Sunday evening for the Palestinian Health Minister, Dr. Jawad Awad, his assertions regarding the absence of Palestine from the virus Corona killer, which is spread in Saudi Arabia, as he emphasized his fears of visiting the most friction in Palestine, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and advised not to go to perform Hajj this year for those who suffer of private health conditions.

He appealed to the Minister of Health, the elderly, children and those suffering from chronic diseases and immune deficiencies, not to go to perform Umrah or Hajj, because it poses a serious threat to them.

The minister said that his ministry Awad started distributing awareness leaflets on the border with Jordan, especially in the break Jericho, in addition to the intention of the ministry's intention to deploy medical teams as necessary.

The two ministers explained the symptoms of HIV infection serious take between five to 14 days, a sufficient period of time to a large extent for an infected person to move to the other side of the world without being the discovery of illness.

Awad stressed that so far the situation is under control and did not discover any case infected with the virus, but we recommend children under 12 years old and seniors over 65, pregnant women and impaired immune not go to Hajj this year, for their own safety. "And

He noted that the World Health Organization will hold a conference on the subject in Cairo soon to discuss ways of semen taken to combat the virus. He continued: Statistics indicate significant progress in our immunization systems where the ministry bought drugs vaccinated for the current year at $ 70 million dollars http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabs48.com%2F%3Fmod%3Darticles%26ID%3D108469

2 Umrah Pilgrims Allegedly Infected Treated MERS Intensive

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, Bandar Lampung - Two Umrah pilgrims in intensive care at the General Hospital of Abdul Moeloek Lampung Province, suspected of virus-Middle East Respitatory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

"Previously we had received three patients suspected of having the virus MERS, they are Umrah pilgrims from three districts in Lampung Province, from Bandar Lampung and Metro East. Trio with male gender lakil two men and one woman," said Dr. Nina Marlina one of the doctors Regional General Hospital Abdul Moeloek (RSUDAM) that handles these patients, in Bandarlampung on Sunday.
He said, all three having symptoms such as high fever and dipernafasan at body temperature, the same characteristics as the patient virus MERS. Characteristics of the virus such as high temperature and cough.
"Two people are under treatment, because this is a new possibility that patients exposed to viruses from the Middle East. Patients over age 40 years, some even over 50 years comes from the Metro," he said.
One patient explained, female from Bandarlampung been discharged because based on the examination, otherwise negative. Previously these patients, came on Friday (25/4) and return on Friday (16/5).
He reveals, for the other two patients was conducted by a team of intensive care doctors. Including the examination of blood samples, saliva and lung X-ray. "We are awaiting lab results from both patient examination, if otherwise it will be immediately sent back negative," he said.
To anticipate the addition of Dr. Nina patients revealed no fever for residents who may not be treated in isolation, but for patients who have a fever will be treated in a special room. Because the virus is new and also harm to the patient.
"If the patient is not fever may not be treated in isolation," he said. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.republika.co.id%2Fberita%2Fnasional%2Fumum%2F14%2F05%2F18%2Fn5ry3x-2-jamaah-umrah-diduga-terinfeksi-mers-dirawat-intensif%3Futm_source%3Ddlvr.it%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter

Umrah Pilgrims Died In Plane, MERS-CoV Unrelated

Published: Sunday, May 18, 2014 7:11 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: An elderly woman died in a flight back from Umrah with my family last Friday.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said initial autopsy results, however, find 89-year-old woman was negative infections Respiratory Syndrome Virus Middle East Korona (MERS-CoV), but develop pneumonia.
He is said to have shortness of breath on a flight from Jeddah to Kuala Lumpur before died.
According to Dr Noor Hisham, the assembly of fever, cough and shortness of breath for three days while in the holy land and never get treatment while there.
"Family members also said he suffered from asthma, high blood pressure and heart disease as well as being in treatment before performing Umrah," he said in a statement Sunday.
He said he is awaiting final autopsy results to determine the exact cause of death of the woman.
"As a preventive measure all 107 passengers and 12 crew on board the aircraft along the woman underwent screening MERS-CoV," he said.
Three of them suffered mild fever, while another cough and four of them are given symptomatic treatment as well advised to follow-up if not cured within 14 days of the arrival date.
This is the second incident and congregations involved sindorm certified free of diseases that can be fatal.
Malaysia recorded the first death due to MERS-CoV on 13 April when 54-year-old man died following a severe pneumonia was infected with the virus.
The man who hails from Batu Pahat, Johor Umrah in March and complained of fever and difficulty in breathing for about 10 days after returning home and put into Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Batu Pahat, Johor on April 10. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mstar.com.my%2Fberita%2Fberita-semasa%2F2014%2F05%2F18%2Fumrah-meninggal%2F

Saudi Arabia’s $16 billion religious tourism at risk with Mers outbreak

May 18, 2014
 Saudi Arabia’s US$16 billion religious tourism industry could be hampered by a worsening of the Mers outbreak, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has warned.

The bank predicted little macroeconomic impact on the kingdom in the near term, but it remained watchful for further developments if the contagion spread further.
“Most of the potential adverse impact is likely to fall on consumption and on export of services related to tourism – religious tourism, particularly,” wrote Jean-Michel Saliba, an economist at the bank.
“Increased uncertainty may pose further headwinds on a recovering Saudi consumer after the labour market reform shock.”
First identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is a deadly virus that has so far caused 163 deaths in the kingdom. The UAE, Egypt, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United States have also reported cases, mainly linked to people who had visited Saudi Arabia.
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The World Health Organisation has so far not deemed Mers threatening enough to declare a global health emergency, a move that might include travel and trade restrictions. But it is likely to change its assessment if the virus mutates into a strain that transmits more easily from person to person.
Officials are also concerned that a large influx of religious tourists into the kingdom in July during Ramadan and in October during Haj could raise the rate of infection and its geographic reach.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimated that Saudi Arabia’s annual pilgrimage revenues represent 2 per cent of its GDP. The government placed restrictions on travel during last year’s pilgrimage season, pushing tourist levels down to 2 million from 3.2 million the year before.
To gauge the potential economic impact of Mers, the bank drew comparisons with the Sars epidemic, which started in China in 2002 and spread to other countries. Between November 2002 and July 2003, the outbreak of Sars in China caused 8,273 infection cases and 775 deaths in multiple countries, it said.
The Chinese government estimated Sars shaved 0.8 percentage points off annual GDP in 2003. The services sector was worst hit, including tourism, hotels, restaurants, retail and transportation.

http://www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/tourism/saudi-arabias-16-billion-religious-tourism-at-risk-with-mers-outbreak#ixzz324uJcLdD

World Health Organization: MERS transmission now serious concern

May 18, 2014 By Tim Burton 

Microscopic picture of virus | PHOTO CREDIT: Wiki Commons

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a serious concern, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), but that doesn’t mean that everyone is taking it seriously.

BIRMINGHAM, UK, May 17, 2014 — The World Health Organization (WHO) met this week to discuss the impact of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on public health. Their conclusion was that the spread of the MERS corona-virus – which has a fatality rate of almost 30 per cent - has become more serious and urgent.

However, at the same time, WHO said that – for now, at least – the illness does not constitute a global health emergency. “Declaring an emergency is “a major act” that can “raise anxieties,” said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the organization’s assistant director-general for health security. “Despite concerns about the syndrome, researchers have not found any increasing evidence of person-to-person transmissibility,” he said.

From the CNN website:

There have been 571 confirmed cases of MERS, including 171 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The number of countries with confirmed cases expanded to 18, with a case in the Netherlands, WHO reported Wednesday.

Many of the cases are in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Even without any official worldwide alert, Anne Schuchat, the head of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, acknowledges that “this is a relatively new virus that does have a high fatality rate,”

Authorities haven’t pinned down all the details about how exactly it arose and how it spreads, though Schuchat said, “we don’t have evidence right now that this is airborne … the way the measles virus is.”

“We don’t know as much as we would like so far,” the CDC official and assistant surgeon general in the U.S. Public Health Service told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin on Wednesday. “… But we’re tracking it and trying to understand.”

While the evidence is by no means conclusive, there remains a strong probability that the virus is transmitted to humans by camels. One particular study carried out on Omani camels showed a 100 percent presence of the antibodies developed specifically in response to the MERS corona-virus. Residents of some of the Middle Eastern countries affected, however, show little concern for the possible implications, continuing to organise camel competitions and beauty contests in the United Arab Emirates, and in some cases, as in Saudi Arabia, defiantly posting images of themselves kissing camels on social media.

So why is this important?

Well, for several reasons. MERS is a virus from the same family as SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which killed nearly 800 people worldwide after it first appeared in China in 2002. Like SARS, the virus causes a lung infection, coughing and breathing difficulties, and fever. Additionally, MERS can also lead to rapid kidney failure. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments for MERS. The disease kills approximately 30 per cent of those infected.

In addition, we are now starting to see incidences of MERS infection in the United States, from people who have recently visited Saudi Arabia. Given that Saudi Arabia attracts millions of people from around the world every year for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, the probability of the virus spreading beyond the Arabian peninsula increases exponentially, especially if there are no border controls set up to identify travelers who may have an increased risk of infection.

Thirdly, despite the reassurances of Dr. Keiji Fukuda of the WHO, who does not want to declare a global health emergency in case it would “raise anxieties”, it might just be a good idea to heed the maxim “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. Although not much is known about this particular virus, one characteristic of viruses is that they mutate, and what could be a relatively harmless virus one day has the capacity to change into something very nasty indeed.

Last but not least, we have the uncomfortable reality that cases of the MERS corona-virus – at the moment – constitute a phenomenon that if not actually exclusive to Muslim countries, is certainly predominant within them. Given the social environment of the twin evils of political correctness and multiculturalism that has been written about in these pages recently, it is possible that serious efforts to prevent a worldwide pandemic could be hindered by cries of “Islamophobia” and “racism” from those on the political spectrum blinded by their own self-righteousness to the point where they become willing to place thousands, if not millions of lives at risk.  http://www.brennerbrief.com/world-health-organization-mers-transmission-now-serious-concern/

Foreign doctors, nurses in Saudi Arabia could take MERS global

Source: Reuters - Sun, 18 May 2014 12:00 PM
 By Sharon Begley
NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - The biggest risk that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome will become a global epidemic, ironically, may lie with globe-trotting healthcare workers.
From Houston to Manila, doctors and nurses are recruited for lucrative postings in Saudi Arabia, where MERS was first identified in 2012. Because the kingdom has stepped up hiring of foreign healthcare professionals in the last few years, disease experts said, there is a good chance the MERS virus will hitch a ride on workers as they return home.
"This is how MERS might spread around the world," said infectious disease expert Dr Amesh Adalja of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
It can take five to 14 days for someone infected with MERS to show symptoms, more than enough time for a contagious person to fly to the other side of the world without being detectable.
Healthcare workers "are at extremely high risk of contracting MERS compared to the general public," Adalja said.
The threat has attracted new attention with the confirmation of the first two MERS cases in the United States. Both are healthcare workers who fell ill shortly after leaving their work in Saudi hospitals and boarding planes bound west.
About one-third of the MERS cases treated in hospitals in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah were healthcare workers, according to the World Health Organization.
Despite the risk, few of the healthcare workers now in, or planning to go to, Saudi Arabia are having second thoughts about working there, according to nurses, doctors and recruiters interviewed by Reuters.
Michelle Tatro, 28, leaves next week for the kingdom, where she will work as an open-heart-surgery nurse. Tatro, who typically does 13-week stints at hospitals around the United States, said her family had sent her articles about MERS, but she wasn't worried.
"I was so glad to get this job," she told Reuters. "Travel is my number one passion."
So far, international health authorities have not publicly expressed concern about the flow of expatriate medical workers to and from Saudi Arabia.
"There is not much public health authorities or border agents can do," said infectious disease expert Dr Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota. "Sure, they can ask people, 'did you work in a healthcare facility in Saudi Arabia,' but if the answer is yes, then what?"
Healthcare workers are best placed to understand the MERS risk, Osterholm said, and "there should be a heightened awareness among them of possible MERS symptoms."
Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor the Department of Homeland Security responded to questions about whether they were considering monitoring healthcare workers returning to the United States.
SOARING DEMAND
In the last few years, the number of expatriates working in Saudi Arabia has soared, said Suleiman Arabie, managing director of Houston, Texas-based recruiting firm SA International, with thousands now working in the kingdom.
About 15 percent of physicians working in the kingdom are American or European, and some 40 percent of nurses are Filipino or Malaysian, according to estimates by recruiters and people who have worked in hospitals there.
The majority of U.S.-trained medical staff are on one- or two-year contracts, which results in significant churn as workers rotate in and out of Saudi medical facilities.
The Saudi government is building hundreds of hospitals and offering private companies interest-free loans to help build new facilities. Its healthcare spending jumped to $27 billion last year from $8 billion in 2008. Building the hospitals is one challenge, staffing them with qualified personnel is another.
Arabie's firm is trying to fill positions at two dozen medical facilities in Saudi Arabia for pulmonologists, a director of nursing, a chief of physiotherapy and scores more.
Doctors in lucrative, in-demand specialties such as cardiology and oncology can make $1 million for a two-year contract, recruiters said.
Nurses' pay depends on their home country, with those from the United States and Canada earning around $60,000 a year while those from the Philippines get about $12,000, recruiters said. That typically comes with free transportation home, housing, and 10 weeks of paid vacation each year. For Americans, any income under about $100,000 earned abroad is tax-free, adding to the appeal of a Saudi posting.
One Filipina nurse, who spoke anonymously so as not to hurt her job prospects, told Reuters that she was "willing to go to Saudi Arabia because I don't get enough pay here." In a private hospital in Manila, she made 800 pesos (about $18) a day.
"I know the risks abroad but I'd rather take it than stay here," she said. "I am not worried about MERS virus. I know how to take care of myself and I have the proper training."
None of Arabie's potential candidates "have expressed any concern" about MERS. Only one of the hundreds of professionals placed by Toronto-based medical staffing firm Helen Ziegler & Associates Inc. decided to return to the United States because of MERS, it said, and one decided not to accept a job in Jeddah she had been hired for.
Recruitment agencies in Manila have also continued to send nurses to the kingdom since the MERS outbreak, said Hans Leo Cacdac, the head of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. The government advises that returning workers be screened for MERS, Labour and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said this week.
Expat healthcare workers now working in Saudi Arabia feel confident local authorities are taking the necessary steps to combat the spread of MERS in hospitals.
"Just today they came and put up giant posters in our hospital on MERS," said Dr Taher Kagalwala, a pediatrician originally from Mumbai who works at Al Moweh General Hospital in a town about 120 miles from Tai'f city in western Saudi Arabia
"I have not heard of or seen any healthcare workers looking to leave their jobs or return to their countries because of the MERS panic. If it was happening, there would have been gossip very soon." (Reporting by Sharon Begley; additional reporting by Manuel P. Mogato in Manila and Zeba Siddiqui in Mumbai,; Editing by Michele Gershberg and Ross Colvin)  http://www.trust.org/item/20140518115932-xe07d/?source=reHeadlineStory

MERS Appears To Spread With Business-Meeting Contact

May 18, 2014 7:37 AM ET

Audio for this story from will be available at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks to science correspondent Rob Stein about the first human-to-human infection of MERS in the U.S. http://www.npr.org/2014/05/18/313618316/mers-appears-to-spread-with-business-meeting-contact

MERS virus weakened by mutations, researchers found

Published online 6 May 2014

As MERS cases spike in Saudi Arabia, scientists have identified antibodies to neutralize the virus.

Moheb Costandi

Scientists have identified antibodies which neutralize the MERS-Coronavirus, a breakthrough that could lead to a treatment.
MERS, which emerged in Saudi Arabia two years ago, appears to have become more virulent in recent weeks: the kingdom has confirmed a spike of 143 more cases in April alone, raising its total number of infections to 339.
Wayne Marasco and colleagues at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston, collaborating with a research team from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, screened a vast selection of human antibodies and identified seven that bind to the MERS-CoV spike protein¹.
The spike protein normally interacts with receptors on the surface of the host cell, allowing the virus to enter so it can replicate. The researchers showed that the seven antibodies they identified prevent this interaction by attaching to one of three different sites within the spike protein receptor-binding region.
They also examined how the virus changes upon exposure to the antibodies, revealing that the same mutations that allow it to evade being detected by them also weakened its ability to replicate.
Another research team, led by Liwei Jiang of Tsinghua University in Beijing, used a different approach. They screened a library of antibody fragments displayed on the surface of yeast cells. They then used a purified version of the MERS-CoV spike protein to identify two monoclonal antibodies that interact with it, and isolated them with magnetic beads².
Last month, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health announced it was discussing the development of a MERS-CoV vaccine with drug companies. These new studies are a step towards developing an effective prophylactic treatment.
Many of the new confirmed MERS cases were among staff at hospitals in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The United States confirmed its first case last week; the patient, a Saudi Arabian who worked in one of the Riyadh hospitals housing MERS patients, was visiting relatives in Indiana, was hospitalized there and is now said to be recovering well. Marasco and his colleagues note that their study "offers the possibility of developing human monoclonal antibody-based immunotherapy, especially for healthcare workers."
"The findings are promising, but it's highly unlikely that these antibodies will make their way to the market soon," says Islam Hussein, a virologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most likely a cocktail of antibodies will be needed to overcome the emergence of mutants [that] escape from neutralization." http://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2014.114

No effect for on tourism as « Corona »« Jeddah » and « Mecca

Specialize : No effect for « Corona » on tourism as « Jeddah » and « MeccaHouse of Life - 1 hour ago


They attributed not affected Jeddah and Mecca in the rates of uptake of these two cities to high rates of awareness and prevention of the disease among members of Saudi society , in addition to the entry of the month of Ramadan in the middle of summer vacation , when rising rates of turnout to perform Umrah , pointing out that the virus « Corona » did not reach the stage of an epidemic in a civil Jeddah , which like the rest of the diseases that spread in years past , such as avian flu and swine . A member of the Council of the Emirate of Makkah Region Fahd Alovenana : « There will be no effect of the virus « Corona » turnout rates in the area ... http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Falhayat.com%2FArticles%2F2431320%2F%25D9%2585%25D8%25AA%25D8%25AE%25D8%25B5%25D8%25B5%25D9%2588%25D9%2586-%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7-%25D8%25AA%25D8%25A3%25D8%25AB%25D9%258A%25D8%25B1-%25D9%2584%25D9%2580--%25D9%2583%25D9%2588%25D8%25B1%25D9%2588%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7--%25D8%25B9%25D9%2584%25D9%2589-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B3%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AD%25D8%25A9-%25D8%25A8%25D9%2580--%25D8%25AC%25D8%25AF%25D8%25A9--%25D9%2588-%25D9%2585%25D9%2583%25D8%25A9

"WHO": "Corona" does not move touching and mixing .. and we are coordinating with the Kingdom to face

WRONG..

May - 12-2014

An official of the World Health Organization studies have shown that the virus "Corona" does not move touching and mixing unless the patient sneezes and blowing spray him, noting that most of the recorded cases of health workers were caused by failing to take necessary preventive measures.

The Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiological Organization Dr. Jawad quarantined, the Saudi Ministry of Health has asked the organization to provide support and counseling have to face the "Corona", and analyzes it in the world, also called for coordination with my organization of Agriculture and Food, the World Organization for Animal Health in this regard... http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.almaqal.net%2F%3Fp%3D55093

Guard tightened vs MERS-CoV

By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer 8:37 am | Sunday, May 18th, 2014 MANILA, Philippines—Air travelers entering the country through its premiere gateway will be thoroughly screened for the dreaded Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) through the combined efforts of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and the Department of Health (DOH).
The MIAA is the government agency that operates the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia). Its medical division, in coordination with the Bureau of Quarantine under the DOH, has implemented “operational procedures” at the international gateway to prevent the entry of the MERS-CoV virus.
Among the measures are the intensification of surveillance, use of thermal scanners, issuance of health checklists and alert notices to all arriving international passengers, and a mass information campaign about MERS-CoV.
The MIAA’s ambulance will be deployed, along with the bureau’s, to transport people suspected of having MERS-CoV to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City.
“All control measures are in place, personal protective equipment are available, and adequate medical personnel are positioned to ensure that airport stakeholders are safe and protected,” said MIAA public affairs chief Connie Bungag in a statement.
Bungag said that as part of infection control measures, only the DOH is authorized to release information about suspected MERS-CoV cases detected at the airport.
“Only the DOH has the sole authority to divulge information related to the illness, since data related to the subject are evolving every now and then,” Bungag said.
The Bureau of Quarantine, whose office is located near Naia Terminals 1 and 2, would be designated “a restricted area” as part of the measures, she added.
Health Secretary Enrique Ona earlier said that while the Philippines remained MERS-CoV-free, Filipinos, particularly those working in the Middle East where there are cases of the disease, must take precautions.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration last week called on employers and agents of Middle East-based overseas Filipino workers to give them free tests for MERS-CoV prior to their return to the Philippines. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/104646/guard-tightened-vs-mers-cov

...Transmission risk considerations

..Most MERS infections have occurred in the Middle East or have been directly linked to a case in that region. Though sporadic imported cases have been occurring since early in the outbreak, secondary infections have been more rare but did occur after primary cases were detected in the United Kingdom, France, and Tunisia.
Global and national health officials have said the risk of secondary infections is low and limited mainly to people who had unprotected, close contact with MERS patients, such as family members or healthcare workers. Today's CDC announcement raises questions about the level of contact that puts people at risk, with a business meeting presumably reflecting a lower level of contact than a care-giving scenario involving a sick family member or hospital patient.
Swerdlow told reporters that the virus still doesn't appear to spread among humans easily in a sustained way, but he added that aggressive testing will not only help flesh out transmission patterns but also reveal more about what appears to be a broader range of severity for the disease, from no symptoms to severe and sometimes fatal pneumonia. "We don't understand a lot about how the virus is transmitting, so we're casting a wide net, hoping to learn more," he said. "Our most important point is that doctors should be vigilant."
"We don't think this changes the risk to the general public or public health practices," Swerdlow said.
The Illinois man's illness, though considered the third US infection, won't be reflected in the global MERS count, because positive serology results aren't included in the World Health Organization (WHO) case definition for MERS, Swerdlow said.
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, publisher of CIDRAP News, said one case doesn't change the picture and the event is consistent with other examples of MERS spread.
Though the risk of transmission still appears to be low, he said there's a lot that is still not known about the disease—for example, whether some patients are "super shedders" who are more likely to transmit the disease to others.
"All of us should be more careful to describe the risk to the public," Osterholm said, adding that the message should be balanced and not "oversell" a lack of risk....  http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-persp...s-illinois-man

Illinois Man is Third U.S. MERS Case, CDC Says

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JIM YOUNG / Reuters 22 minutes
First published May 17th 2014, 3:16 pm

By JoNel Aleccia

A business associate of the man who brought the first case of a mysterious Middle East virus to the U.S. has also tested positive for the disease, though he showed no signs of illness, federal health officials said Saturday.

The new case, the third reported in the U.S., is in an Illinois man who met twice with a health care worker who was hospitalized in Indiana after traveling from Saudi Arabia and was diagnosed May 2 with MERS, or Middle East respiratory syndrome.

The Illinois man had not traveled outside of the U.S. recently and he did not seek or require medical care, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in announcing the new case Saturday. Instead, laboratory tests showed that the man had evidence of the infection in his blood. He continues to feel well, CDC officials said.

“This latest development does not change CDC’s current recommendations to prevent the spread of MERS,” said Dr. David Swerdlow, who is leading the agency’s response to the infection that has sickened more than 570 people and killed 172, mostly in Saudi Arabia. It is formally known as the MERS coronavirus, or MERS-CoV.

“It’s possible that as the investigation continues others may also test positive for the MERS-CoV infection but not get sick,” Swerdlow added in a statement.

The new case was detected as part of efforts by CDC and state health departments to contact everyone connected with the Indiana man and a Florida man who was the second in the U.S. diagnosed with MERS May 11.

In both cases, the men were health care workers who came from Saudi Arabia and traveled on planes and other forms of public transportation to get home. The Indiana case is a health care worker in his 60s who was hospitalized April 28 and then diagnosed with MERS. In the Florida case, the 44-year-old man went to an Orlando emergency room, where he may have exposed others to the virus. None of the MERS cases has been identified.

MERS is spread through close contact, health officials say, and there’s no evidence of sustained transmission in public settings.

That could include contact such as handshakes typical of business gatherings. The Illinois businessman met twice with the Indiana patient just before he was diagnosed with MERS. Local health officials reached out to him and tested him for active infection on May 5, with negative results. But blood samples in a test returned May 16 showed evidence of MERS antibodies, indicating recent infection.

CDC officials are continuing to reach out to, test and monitor people who have come into contact the three U.S. cases. Officials say they have not changed their travel guidelines for U.S. residents heading to the Middle East and urge people to take sensible infection control precausions. The agency recommends that travelers closely monitor their health during and after the trip and report any signs of illness.

Health officials have been evaluating travelers from the Middle East for months and should continue to do so, with extra vigilance about any signs of respiratory illness.

 http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/mers-mystery/illinois-man-third-u-s-mers-case-cdc-says-n108066

Questions about CDA difference about numbers

THE HAGUE - The CDA in parliament sees a difference between the information from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the World Health Organization on the outbreak of the disease numbers.

Photo: Jan van Eijndhoven

The Dutch RIVM reports that the dangerous virus can be transmitted from animals to man almost exclusively while the UN agency WHO says that the majority of human infections have gone to human.
The CDA Minister Edith Schippers (Health) Saturday asked for clarification. According to CDA MP Hanke Bruins Slot, this difference may be of great significance for how to deal with infections.
This week it was announced that the disease in the Netherlands for two people is established. The disease resurfaced in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. Dromedaries are the source of the virus.
The MP also wanted to know whether there are steps to follow for people who make a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Both Dutch patients, family members of each, are infected with the potentially deadly virus during the same trip to Saudi Arabia. They visited a dromedarissenboerderij. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraaf.nl%2Fbinnenland%2F22636508%2F___Opheldering_over_mers-virus___.html

Confirmed three cases of chikungunya fever in Florida

Orlando - Florida health officials invoked the public to take precautions to prevent the spread of chikungunya fever, after being detected in this state the first three cases of this disease which is transmitted by mosquitoes and the still there is no vaccine .
According unveiled Friday the Florida Department of Health , the three cases of this fever are registered to women living in the south and center of the state and who recently traveled to the Caribbean.

A case is a resident of Miami- Dade , 30 , the second a 29 year old woman , a resident of Broward County , and the third infected is a 44- year-old living in Hillsborough County , on the central Florida.
 Health authorities estimate that the travelers might have acquired the virus in the Caribbean and then bringing him to the state, where they could have infected local mosquitoes, which propagate the virus.
"With the large number of people in Florida who travels to and from the Caribbean are monitoring for possible imported cases ," said Carina Blackmore, assistant director of epidemiology of Florida , who called on the population to remain alert and avoid mosquito bites especially now that the rainy and hurricane season approaches .
The first reports of chikungunya occurred in countries in Africa , Asia and the Indian Ocean islands , after which cases in Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries were recorded.
As reported by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO , in English ) , so far about 300 people have been reported infected with this disease.
" Early detection of symptoms and prevention of mosquito bites help that the disease does not spread ," Blackmore said.
These cases have been detected in the middle of the alert to be issued this week because of the latter Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Middle East ( MERS -CoV ) , detected in a tourist who came to Orlando from Saudi Arabia , and is the second case in the country , according to the authorities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/05/16/1750063/confirman-tres-casos-de-fiebre.html

The deaths of 22 heads of camels Hail

Hail: Freeh Ramalli
Tunnel herd of camels exceeded numbering 22 upside yesterday, in Hail, north of the kingdom, while the owner of the camel reported that the cause of the injury may be a virus Corona. And embarked on several government agencies, including a branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the region to determine the causes of mortality. The Hail did not register yet any injuries Corona disease among humans. For his part, said the owner of the herd rather leisurely Rashidi's "home": he was surprised Bnfogaha this way fast, where he found dead inside his barn and next, making it a province police Salimi in agriculture and allied branch. Rashidi added that it is likely the cause of death for the beauty of being infected with Corona, pointing out that the camel was not hit by any disease, and it takes care of the daily did not notice any change in them, and stressed that he was drinking milk on a daily basis.  http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alwatan.com.sa%2FDefault.aspx%3Fissueno%3D4978

Home Umrah, MERS-CoV Suspect Treated in Hospital Sanglah Bali

Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:15 pm

Illustration (Photo: Okezone) Denpasar - NA (46) citizens of Tuban regency of Badung, Bali treated at Sanglah General Hospital, for allegedly suspect Mers-Cov virus after returning from Umrah worship.

"Patients who were hospitalized Sanglah, seen cider medical symptoms, patients should be assumed that isolated, because it has a history of returning from pilgrimage some time ago," said Head of the Bali Provincial Health Office Ketut Suarjaya in Denpasar, on Friday (05/16/2014) .

The patient's medical symptoms characterized high fever, coughing and shortness of breath. In addition, patients have abnormalities in the heart that needs to be isolated. Patients should be given the appropriate handling procedures anticipate the dangerous virus attacks.

The patient went into Sanglah General Hospital Thursday night May 15, at approximately 22:10 pm after experiencing a fever and cough. Currently, NA treated at room Nusa Indah Sanglah and in monitoring medical team.

Officers have checked the entire neighborhood and family and people who had direct contact with NA

Officers also perform blood sampling for laboratory testing results. Suarjaya Admittedly, during the entire examination of suspects who were treated at Mers virus Sanglah negative result. (Ydh) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.okezone.com%2Fread%2F2014%2F05%2F17%2F340%2F986143%2Fpulang-umroh-suspect-mers-cov-dirawat-di-rsu-sanglah-bali%3Futm_source%3Ddlvr.it%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter

newly-erected signs warning travelers about MERS

This image, provided by Denver International Airport, shows newly-erected signs warning travelers about the danger of the MERS virus http://www.arabnews.com/news/571651