MERS - Three new cases in Saudi Arabia, Woman at Ottawa hospital being tested for MERS.HT: Croft.
In the past hour, the Saudi MOH has posted a brief announcement regarding three additional MERS-CoV cases in or near Riyadh. While we only have a machine translation to work with for now, one appears to be a 14 year-old contact of a previously confirmed cases, who is reported in stable condition.
Two others (ages 79, and 45) are described as having `chronic diseases”, and appear to be contacts of previously confirmed cases as well.
As usual, we learn very little beyond a general location, age, and a vague description of their condition. Onset dates or date of lab confirmation are not provided.Via Ahmnews.com, an Arabic news source: Three new infections b «Kororna» in the Riyadh region. The complete report, as Google translated:
The Health Ministry said in a statement published on its website today announced the discovery of three new cases of people living with Corona in the Riyadh region, the ministry said the details of the statement that in the context of the work of inquiry epidemiological and continuous follow-up carried out by the ministry for the virus (Corona) that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory MERS-CoV announces the registration of three cases of HIV infection in Riyadh.
First of a citizen at the age of 79 years is suffering from several chronic diseases and Mkhalt to confirmed cases, and the second for citizenship at the age of 14 years of contact with a confirmed case too, suffer from the symptoms of simple and stable health status. The third is a citizen at the age of 45 years old Mkhalt of the confirmed cases, and suffer from chronic diseases and receiving intensive care treatment.Via The Toronto Sun, which is not my idea of a reliable source: Woman at Ottawa hospital being tested for MERS. Excerpt:
OTTAWA — A woman admitted to an Ottawa hospital Saturday may have MERS, the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, a disease similar to SARS, a source told QMI Agency.
Symptoms of the potentially fatal ailment include shortness of breath, acute pneumonia and kidney failure. The source says the woman arrived in Ottawa from Dubai and was in the Queensway Carleton Ottawa Hospital on Tuesday.
Judy Brown, a spokesperson for the hospital, confirmed that a woman had been admitted and is currently being tested for several different illnesses.
"When someone comes in to emergency, they are triaged, assessed to see what possible injuries they have, and then we get into their medical history," she said.
Brown emphasized the woman's test results hadn't yet been seen.
"No one has been diagnosed with MERS," she said. "We are working to rule out respiratory infection."
Brown said all hospital protocol had been followed and said the woman would have been in contact with between six and 12 hospital staff members since she arrived Saturday.The hospital's website says nothing about this case; its last news release was published almost a month ago. But I'll keep an eye out for any further reports.Read the full story here and here.
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