New SARS-like mystery illness emerges in Mideast: WHO

[donski]

Nakakatakot naman itong balita na ito! andito pa naman ako sa MIDEAST

The World Health Organisation issued a global alert on Monday for a new SARS-like respiratory virus which left a man from Qatar critically ill in a London hospital and killed at least one more in Saudi Arabia.

The 49-year-old Qatari was admitted to an intensive care unit in Doha on September 7 suffering from acute respiratory infection and kidney failure before being transferred to Britain by air ambulance on September 11, the WHO said.

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[crazy_boy]

nabasa ko din ito. ayaw i-divuldge yung info kung nasaang hospital yung victim

[donski]

di kaya hoax lang ito?

nabasa ko din ito. ayaw i-divuldge yung info kung nasaang hospital yung victim

[crazy_boy]

di kaya hoax lang ito?

parang hindi. nasa international news website e.

[ghosthunter]

It might be the start of something like in the movie CONTAGION....

[Monseratto]

Ingat lang mga OFWs sa Middel East...malaoit pa naman yung Haj sa KSA.

Iwas sa crowded enclosed enviroments...

SARS-type virus prompts PHL advisory for Pinoys in Saudi Arabia, Qatar
ANDREI MEDINA, GMA News September 26, 2012 12:50pm

Filipinos in Saudi Arabia and Qatar and those who are planning to go there have been warned of a new virus similar to one causing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

Doctors at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Quarantine section issued an advisory on September 25 to spread awareness about the virus, a medical official at the NAIA said.

The advisory came after reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) about the discovery of a SARS-type flu strain in the United Kingdom.

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

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

Doctor Ali Salvador Agama from the NAIA Terminal 1 Quarantine section told GMA News Online on Wednesday that the virus is still not fully identified.

“Right now, we cannot define its specific characteristics,” he said, adding that symptoms are similar to SARS' with "other arising problems."

“Symptoms include difficulty in breathing just like with SARS' but what’s peculiar now is that we have observed kidney problems in the infected people,” he said.

To prevent contracting the disease, he advised people especially overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia and Qatar to:

•Wash their hands regularly
•Boost their immune system through a good diet
•Cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze

The estimated number of Filipinos in Qatar and Saudi Arabia based on data from the Commission of Overseas Filipinos are:

•Qatar - 305,331
•Saudi Arabia - 1,512,539

Most recent case

The latest victim of the virus is a 49-year old Qatari man who was first diagnosed to have acute respiratory syndrome.

According an update on the WHO site, the condition was discovered on September 22, while the man was in the United Kingdom.

It said the man showed symptoms on September 3. Further background investigation showed he had traveled to Saudi Arabia. He was admitted in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Doha, Qatar on September 7, and was transferred to the UK via air ambulance on September 11.

Identity match 99.5%

Meanwhile, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the UK did laboratory tests confirming there was a novel coronavirus present in the man’s body.

The WHO report said doctors discovered a 99.5-percent compatibility with the sample from the Qatari man to a previous sample from a 60-year-old Saudi man who died earlier this year.

Even with the 99.5% match, the novel coronavirus is said to be ‘very different’ from SARS according to the WHO report.

The WHO, however, is currently doing its best to characterize the novel coronavirus with its six regions coordinating to immediately respond to any future cases. — LBG, GMA News

[chua_riwap]

nabasa ko din ito. ayaw i-divuldge yung info kung nasaang hospital yung victim

baka magka news black out pa nga sa saudi.
di nila aaminin yan na nag-spread na pala sa buong kingdom.

lalo na ngayon magha-hajj pa. daming pilgrims ngayon.
hawa-hawa na yan.

[chua_riwap]

madaling kumalat yan.
sa personal hygiene bagsak na at tamad pa naman maligo ang mga arabo. . . . .

[kinyo]

"novel coronavirus" sabi sa news

[donski]

Sana di na kumalat 'tong peste na ito


ABS-CBN NEWS

[chua_riwap]

"novel coronavirus" sabi sa news

coronavirus?
i-disinfect ang SC. baka may naiwan pa.

[BratPAQ]

in the other news, bukas na ulit ang pinto ng saudi arabia na tumanggap ng OFW

[ecneret]

Dito sa doha may health advisory na re: corona virus. And confirmed yung qatari na infected na nasa UK. Galing pala ng saudi yon before mag UK. and so far, wala naman nahawa don sa mga nagkaroon ng contacts sa kanya. Mas matindi pa nga daw sars and bird flu 'to. Kaya ingat ingat lalo yung madalas mag travel.

[Monseratto]

15 deaths na pala... If you show symptoms of the virus infection, kulong ka agad sa ospital. Dami tuloy nag tatago...

WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus
By KATE KELLAND, ReutersMay 16, 2013 7:56am


LONDON - Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care—the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said.

The new virus, known as novel coronavirus, or nCoV, is from the same family of viruses as those that cause common colds and the one that caused the deadly outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that emerged in Asia in 2003.

"This is the first time health care workers have been diagnosed with (novel coronavirus) infection after exposure to patients," the Geneva-based UN health agency said in a disease outbreak update late on Wednesday.

The health workers are a 45-year-old man, who became ill on May 2 and is currently in a critical condition, and a 43-year-old woman with a coexisting health condition, who fell ill on May 8 and is in a stable condition, the WHO said.

France has also reported a likely case of transmission within a hospital, but this was from one patient to another patient who shared the same room for two days.

NCoV, like SARS and other similar viruses, can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia.

Scientists are on the alert for any sign that nCoV is mutating to become easily transmissible to multiple recipients, like SARS—a scenario that could trigger a pandemic.

WHO experts visiting Saudi Arabia to consult with the authorities on the outbreak said on Sunday it seemed likely the new virus could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged, close contact.

Initial analysis by scientists at Britain's Health Protection Agency last year found that nCoV's closest relatives were most probably bat viruses. Yet further work by a research team in Germany suggests nCoV may have come through an intermediary—possibly goats.

The WHO's Wednesday update said that, while some health care workers in Jordan had previously contracted nCoV, these Saudi cases were the first clear evidence of the virus passing from infected patients.

"Health care facilities that provide care for patients with suspected nCoV infection should take appropriate measures to decrease the risk of transmission of the virus to other patients and health care workers," it said.

It also advised health care providers to be "vigilant among recent travellers returning from areas affected by the virus" who develop severe acute respiratory infections.

Since nCoV first emerged and was identified in September 2012, the WHO says it has been informed of a total of 40 laboratory-confirmed cases worldwide, including 20 deaths.

Saudi Arabia has had most of the cases—with 30 patients infected, 15 of them fatally—but nCoV cases have also been reported in Jordan, Qatar, Britain, Germany and France. —Reuters

[Retz]

^

just like in the movies sir mon. ingat lang mga sadiq.

[Monseratto]

Foreigner in PH tests positive for MERS

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INQUIRER.net
10:19 AM July 6th, 2015

A 36-year-old foreigner tested positive for the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the Department of Health said on Monday.

In a press conference, Health Secretary Janette Garin said the patient, whose nationality and name were withheld, was being treated for MERS at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City.

Meanwhile, she said that another person who had close contact with the patient had also been placed in isolation at the RITM.

The MERS case was referred to the health department on July 4.

A task force was organized by DOH to trace the 200 people who were at the same flight with the patient. AJH/ with a report from Jocelyn Uy, Philippine Daily Inquirer

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Foreigner in PH tests positive for MERS

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INQUIRER.net
10:19 AM July 6th, 2015

A 36-year-old foreigner tested positive for the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the Department of Health said on Monday.

In a press conference, Health Secretary Janette Garin said the patient, whose nationality and name were withheld, was being treated for MERS at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City.

Meanwhile, she said that another person who had close contact with the patient had also been placed in isolation at the RITM.

The MERS case was referred to the health department on July 4.

A task force was organized by DOH to trace the 200 people who were at the same flight with the patient. AJH/ with a report from Jocelyn Uy, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/703153/foreigner-in-ph-tests-positive-for-mers#ixzz3f4vU3fXr
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