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Thursday, 06 June, 2013 at 02:08 UTC |
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| Medical authorities across the Arab world are on alert particularly in Saudi Arabia, where the victims from the new SARS virus have reached 25. Another 39 cases have been confirmed and another 1300 suspected cases have been reported. Foad Aodi, president of the association of foreign doctors in Italy ( AMSI) and Comai, which represents the Arab world in Italy, are both concerned. Two deaths have been reported in Jordan, another in the United Arab Emirates, one in Tunisia and one in London. Now there are concerns about the threat to the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca and fears that further contagion could become an epidemic. "The most worrying aspect is that we still haven't identified the means of contagion of the virus and we have serious fears about the next haj that will bring millions of Muslims from around the world to Mecca the most holy place in Islam in October," said Aodi. Around 2,000 Muslim pilgrims are expected to go to Mecca from Italy. The greatest risk will be at the Eid festival which marks the end of Ramadan with a feast including the killing of an animal that is shared among the poorest families in the Arab world. Even though there is still a great deal of uncertainty, Aodi says like the Chinese version of SARS it is widely believed that the origin of the virus is linked to contact with animals. Unlike the Chinese strain, the new SARS particularly strikes the kidneys, even though it moves through the respiratory system and particularly strikes people who are already weak. |
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Thursday, 06 June, 2013 at 19:27 UTC |
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| The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia notified the World Health Organization (WHO) on June 5 of a newly diagnosed case of illness due to the MERS-CoV novel coronavirus. The 14 year old female patient became ill on May 29. The WHO has received reports of 54 cases of illness due to this new virus since Sept., 2012. The official designation for the virus is MERS-CoV, “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirusâ€. The novel coronavirus is from the same group of viruses that produced the SARS outbreak in 2003, though it is not presently spreading as rapidly. The WHO believes that it can be transmitted from person to person in a limited manner. At this time it is not as easily spread as the SARS virus was. As the official name states, most of the patients have been diagnosed in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, according to the CDC, has seen 40 cases of MERS-CoV and 24 deaths. WHO notes that France, Germany, Italy, Tunisia and the United Kingdom have reported cases. Those cases were transferred from the Middle East for care or had traveled in the region before becoming ill. There has also been limited local transmission among patients who had close contact with patients diagnosed with the illness. The respiratory infection caused by MERS-CoV resembles influenza. The illness can severely impair respiration and be fatal. Hospitalized patients often require respirators and intubation. Health care workers have become ill and correct use of universal precautions and SARS protocols are urged by the CDC. |
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New death from MERS virus in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi health ministry on Thursday announced the death of one of its citizens in the eastern region of Al-Ahsaa after he contracted MERS, a SARS-like virus.
File photo: A view of Al-Mamlaka hospital in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
RIYADH: The Saudi health ministry on Thursday announced the death of one of its citizens in the eastern region of Al-Ahsaa after he contracted MERS, a SARS-like virus.
The ministry website said the latest death, announced on Wednesday, brings to 25 the number of people who have died from the virus since September, adding that 40 people are suffering from the disease in the kingdom.
The strain was renamed the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, or MERS, reflecting the fact that the bulk of the cases are in that region, mainly in Saudi Arabia.
On May 31, the World Health Organisation said that the global death toll from the virus has risen to 30.
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