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**Shiloh** · November 8, 2013, 03:55 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 48 confirmed new coronavirus case - November 8, 2013

Source: http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetail...24&Language=en

Qatar declares new Corona case
08/11/2013 | 09:24 PM | Gulf News
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DOHA, Nov 8 (KUNA) -- Qatar on Friday announced discovery of a new Corona virus-infected case saying a 48-year-old resident of the country was diagnosed with the flu symptoms.
Qatar's Supreme Council of Health (SCH) said in a statement the patient also suffers from various chronic diseases.
Medical tests were applied on persons who had close contact with the ill man and all results were negative.
The council also declared that a man, recently diagnosed with the same illness, recovered after receiving medical treatment...

**Shiloh** · November 21, 2013, 09:40 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 48 confirmed new coronavirus case - November 8, 2013- Died

Source: http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetail...61&language=en

Qatar reports coronavirus fatality
22/11/2013 | 12:42 AM | Gulf News
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DOHA, Nov 21 (KUNA) -- Qatar's Supreme Council of Health (SCH) announced Thursday that an expatriate worker died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The 48 year old man was suffering from chronic diseases...

**Laidback Al** · November 21, 2013, 11:16 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 48 confirmed new coronavirus case - November 8, 2013- Died

The above post is confusing.

At least two media reports from November 19th report that this individual was treated and discharged after 3 weeks of treatment.

Qatar - KUNA reports a coronavirus case: Man,61 - November 14, 2013 - Confirmed- Died - FluTrackers News and Information

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=514753&postcount=7

Qatar - KUNA reports a coronavirus case: Man,61 - November 14, 2013 - Confirmed- Died - FluTrackers News and Information

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=514761&postcount=8

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**sharon sanders** · November 22, 2013, 12:02 AM

Re: Qatar - Man, 48 confirmed new coronavirus case - November 8, 2013- Died

This could be a new case entirely. However, in previous KUNA announcements about new cases some details have been offered.

The government issued a statement dated November 19 that a 48 year old man (case #157) had been treated and released from the hospital.

Provisionally I have indicated this as the death of the previously known case #157. Maybe he had a serious relapse?

There is nothing on the Supreme Council of Health site about this death/new case? as of this time.

**tetano** · November 22, 2013, 05:25 AM

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Qatar announces fourth Mers coronavirus death

An expatriate living in Qatar has died of Mers, bringing to four the number of deaths in the Gulf state from the coronavirus, health authorities said on Friday.

The 48-year-old had other pre-existing health problems, Qatar?s Supreme Council of Health in a statement.

It was the second death reported in Qatar this week. On Tuesday the emirate reported the death of a 61-year-old expatriate.

Two other deaths were reported in early September.

In addition, a Qatari man died in a London hospital in late June after contracting the virus.

The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday that it has been notified of 155 laboratory-confirmed cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus worldwide so far, including 64 deaths, most of them in Qatar?s larger neighbour Saudi Arabia.

Khaleej Times - NO PAGE FOUND

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2013/November/middleeast_November180.xml&section=middleeast

**sharon sanders** · November 22, 2013, 09:22 AM

Re: Qatar - Man, 48 confirmed new coronavirus case - November 8, 2013- Died

A Confusing MERS-CoV Report From Qatar

# 8000

What ought to be routine announcement ? that of another MERS death in the Middle East - is complicated by the fact that this patient appears to be the same one who was reported earlier this week to have fully recovered and been released from the hospital. Tracking of individual cases in the Middle East is admittedly difficult since no identifying information other than age ? and usually their gender and location ? are generally provided.

Based on FluTrackers? MERS Case List by Country, Qatar has only announced one 48 year-old MERS case thus far, which leaves us with a bit of a mystery.

First a link and text from one of the many Arabic media reports this morning (no update on Qatar?s Supreme Council of Health website), and then a flashback to the announcement last Tuesday that their 48 year-old MERS case had recovered and been released.

Qatar Health announced the death of a resident infected with Corona
The Supreme Council for the health of the country today for the death of a resident at the age of 48 years are infected with (Corona) that causes respiratory syndrome Middle East.

The Supreme Council of Health Qatar in a statement that the deceased, who did not disclose his identity had been suffering from several chronic diseases.

With this announcement toll of victims who Hsdhm virus since the beginning of his appearance to more than 67 deaths worldwide, according to statistics from the World Health Organization.

Compare this report to this announcement, lifted earlier this week from Qatar?s Supreme Council of Health website, apparently announcing this same patient?s recovery.

One patient recovered, another one died in MERS coronavirus, SCH says

Doha - Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013

The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has announced Tuesday the recovery of one resident patient inflicted with MERS coronavirus and another passed away due to the same illness.
The 48-year-old first patient was admitted to hospital for three weeks to receive proper treatment. After a course of treatment, he recovered, the SCH said in a press statement.
In the same context, the SCH announces the death of 61-year old expat patient who was battling several chronic health issues and tested positive for the MERS coronavirus.

Perhaps this discrepancy comes from an error in reporting (either today, last Tuesday, or in the reported age of one of the previous cases). It?s possible, I suppose, there might be another 48-year-old MERS case we don?t know about. There are a lot of possibilities here.

When there were but a handful of cases, keeping a reasonably accurate line-listing of patients was fairly easy.

But as the number of cases has grown, and given deplorable lack of information (such as onset dates, dates of hospitalization, or dates of death) being provided by the respective Ministries of Health, the task of compiling and tracking cases has grown much harder.

No one truly believes that the (roughly) 160 MERS cases identified to date represents the full burden of the disease (see Referral: Dr. Ian Mackay On `The Slowly Growing Epidemic? Of MERS-CoV). But these line lists have provided important information regarding the rate of new cases being detected, and their geographic spread.

At some point, if MERS cases continue to accrue, it will become impossible to keep reasonable track of individual cases. We saw that with the H1N1 Pandemic virus quite early on, and that is to be expected with any emerging disease that find success in the human population.

But when that happens we will lose an important tracking tool, one that could have been even more valuable had public health officials in the Middle East been just a little more forthcoming with epidemiological details on these early cases.

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**Treyfish** · November 22, 2013, 10:43 AM

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DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) yesterday announced the death of a 48-year-old expatriate infected with MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and suffering from several chronic diseases.
This is the second MERS death involving an expatriate in Qatar. On Tuesday, SCH had announced the death of a 61-year-old expat due to MERS.
It had also said a 48-year-old expatriate suffering from MERS had recovered after three weeks? treatment.
SCH said yesterday there was no new confirmed MERS case in the country.

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qa...t-dies-of-mers

**sharon sanders** · November 22, 2013, 11:37 AM

Re: Qatar - Man, 48 confirmed new coronavirus case - November 8, 2013- Died

Confusion continues....is the dead 48 year old a new case, or not?

**Shiloh** · November 22, 2013, 01:26 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 48 confirmed new coronavirus case - November 8, 2013- Died

Source: http://dohanews.co/supreme-council-o...eath-in-qatar/

...Questions

Among those deemed recovered is a 48-year-old expat who the SCH said was discharged from the hospital this week. It is unclear whether the man who died is the one who had been released from HMC, or a new patient whose case was not yet publicly announced. Health officials today offered conflicting reports to Doha News.

Since last September, eight people inside of Qatar have been diagnosed with MERS, and four of those patients have died...

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