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**sharon sanders** · August 26, 2013, 04:16 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 29, hospitalized in critical condition with new coronavirus nCoV

Our thread on the case from last week (man, 59):

Qatar - Man, 59, hospitalized in isolation in stable condition - travel history to Saudi Arabia - nCoV coronavirus FAO confirmed August 20

**sharon sanders** · August 26, 2013, 04:54 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 29, hospitalized in critical condition with new coronavirus nCoV

This case is the 10th case announced by health departments since the last WHO update on August 1:

#95 - Woman, 50, history of chronic disease, hospitalized in ICU, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

#96 - Woman, 59, history of chronic disease, hospitalized in ICU, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

#97 - Man, 59, hospitalized in stable condition in isolation, travel history to Saudi Arabia week before diagnosis - Qatar

#98 - Age 50, history of cancer and chronic disease, hospitalized in ICU - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

#99 - Age 70, history of chronic disease, hospitalized in ICU - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

#100 - Age 31, history of chronic disease, hospitalized in ICU Asir region - Saudi Arabia

#101 - Age 55, asymptomatic Asir region - Saudi Arabia

#102 - Age 51, from Riyadh - Saudi Arabia Death

#103 - Completely unknown. Saudi Arabia increased the count from 78 to 82 this afternoon EST which is an additional 4 (August 22), but only gave a brief description of cases 100-102 inclusive, which is 3 cases. - Saudi Arabia

#104 - Man, 29, onset 1 week ago with flu symptoms, now hospitalized in critical condition - Qatar

Case List of MoH/WHO Novel Coronavirus MERS Announced Cases - FluTrackers News and Information

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205075

Case List of MoH/WHO Novel Coronavirus MERS Announced Cases

**Shiloh** · August 26, 2013, 08:17 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 29, hospitalized in critical condition with new coronavirus nCoV

Source: http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/2...ronavirus.html

SCH reports fourth case of coronavirus
Tuesday, 27 August 2013

DOHA: A 29-year-old Qatari youth has been infected with the coronavirus-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the second incident of its kind reported in the country in a week.

The new case apparently involves the youngest victim in Qatar, infected with the virus until now, and has taken the total number of MERS cases in the country to four.

The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) said yesterday that the patient was in a critical condition, in the intensive care unit of the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).

The victim was suffering from asthma, the SCH said in a statement last evening...

**sharon sanders** · August 27, 2013, 05:03 PM

Re: Qatar - Man, 29, hospitalized in critical condition with new coronavirus nCoV

SCH Statement On Latest Qatari MERS-CoV Case

# 7605

We?ve some official statements this morning from Qatar?s Supreme Council of Health on their latest MERS-CoV case (see KUNA Reports New MERS-CoV Case In Qatar). While there remains a lot we don?t know about this case, today we do learn:

The patient is a 29-year-old Qatari citizen who has a exposure to a confirmed case and suffers from asthma and several risk factors.

Unstated is the nature of his exposure, although in the past it has generally either been a family member or a HCW (Health Care Worker).

First, a machine translation from the Arabic side of the website (which doesn?t mention exposure at all), then the English Language version which does.

Supreme Council of Health announces new cases of "Corona"

Doha - Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Supreme Council of Health registered new cases of virus infection Corona virus that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory patient's diagonal at the age of 29 years old Mkhalt a confirmed case suffers from asthma and several risk factors were detected upon diagnosis of the disease in the National Influenza Centre, were also sent samples to a reference laboratory abroad to confirm the diagnosis.

The patient receives a treatment in a critical condition currently in intensive care. The Council underlines the continued surveillance and monitoring of the disease and strengthen infection control measures and isolation of all cases of acute respiratory infections and to inspect all contacts in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation and the participation of all medical providers in the state.

SCH Reports New Corona Virus Case

Doha - Tuesday, 27 Aug 2013
The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has reported a new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome corona virus case.

The patient is a 29-year-old Qatari citizen who has a exposure to a confirmed case and suffers from asthma and several risk factors.

SCH said in a press release that the patient was checked up and diagnosed with the disease in the National Influenza Laboratory, adding that samples were also sent to reference labs abroad to confirm the diagnosis.

The statement added that the patient, who is in a critical condition, is receiving treatment in the intensive care unit.

The SCH emphasized that surveillance and monitoring procedures are always tightening up and infection control for all cases of acute respiratory infections are also tightened up, stressing on continuing to check up all those who have exposure to confirmed cases in cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and other medical service providers.

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**Pathfinder** · August 28, 2013, 09:38 AM

Re: Qatar - Man, 29, hospitalized in critical condition with new coronavirus nCoV

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

<META content=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vJ5vOxpLavg/Uhz3iDDMDbI/AAAAAAAAAFc/639ZsBtelFs/s1600/MERS+Count+20130827.jpg itemprop="image_url"><META content=7907739119276092964 itemprop="blogId"><META content=3720959303865072944 itemprop="postId">Confusion abounds over the number and geographic distribution of MERS-CoV cases

Slightly more than 100 cases of Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections have been reported from around the world. Despite these few numbers, the actual count of cases is uncertain as is the geographic distribution of the cases. The case count varies from 94 to 104 as noted in the table below compiled from several sources. [1,2,3,4]

A review of these reports indicates that the variability in the counts results from several factors. First, some reports such as those from the World Health Organization (WHO) are not current and up-to-date. The fact that WHO is not stating the count by individual member states indicates uncertainty about how to report the geolocations of individual cases (see discussion below). Second, some agencies such as WHO only count officially confirmed cases, while other case lists seem to include probable and suspected cases as well. Third, compounding the enumeration problem is that sometimes asymptomatic cases that test positive for the disease are not counted as a confirmed case.

As noted in the table, there is a differential assignment of cases by geographic location. There is general agreement on eight countries where MERS-CoV infections have taken place, France Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Tunisia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom(see map below). However, The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) appears to consider the location of treatment rather than where the infection was acquired as the primary geographic location. That is why the two cases that were infected in the Middle East but were treated in Germany are counted as cases from Germany by the ECDC.

A similar reporting discrepancy of the geolocation of cases occurred for the public information on A(H7N9) cases in the People?s Republic of China earlier this year. In some cases the geographic location of an individual?s residence was reported in one town or province, even though the individual was infected in a different province. In another case, an infected individual was transported to a health care facility in another province for treatment and the individual was counted as a case in that province rather when the individual was infected.

Public health officials should collaborate to develop formal definitions for assigning a geolocation to an individual case. Should it be based on where the individual was infected, the individual?s place of residence, or where the individual was treated?

Fnally, more than 75% of all of MERS-CoV cases have been reported from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Much of the confusion about the number of cases and number of deaths from this deadly disease could be cleared up if the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia was more forthcoming and provided more detailed information about the MERS-CoV cases that are occurring in this country.

[1] ECDC - Communicable disease threats report, 18-24 August 2013, week 34

[2] CDC - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

[3] WHO - Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) summary and literature update ? as of 13 August 2013

[4] FluTrackers - 2012/2013 Case List of Known Novel Coronavirus Patients By Country

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