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  • Egypt - MoH warns on probability of human coronavirus cases after study finds 4 imported camels infected + pilgrims and general travel volume from Arabian Penninsula

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    Books - Hisham Alhloty: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 12:01

    The Ministry of Health and Population in a statement today that there was a possibility expected to infect human cases in Egypt infected with coronavirus based on the study that was performed at the National Center for Research Egyptian, which proved the presence of the virus in the sources of the potential of beauty, as well as high-volume frequency travelers to and from the countries of the Arabian Peninsula as well as pilgrims.

    The statement pointed out that access to the report issued by the National Research Center of the Ministry of Scientific Research ‪ ‬ about the study conducted by the research team center of scientific excellence for influenza viruses during the period from June to December 2013, were searched on the 491 sample, where the virus was found in the number of 4 samples of beauty, and, according to the study that the source of the beauty that was found on the samples it imported from neighboring Sudan and Ethiopia, have been found on the presence of the virus emerging in human samples or samples from other cats and bats.
    statement pointed out that the Ministry of Health and Population has taken all the necessary measures in Such preparedness and response to disease note that the World Health Organization report on risk assessment stating that there is no evidence of transmission constant from person to person outside the spatial scale and the results of the studies suggest that the source of infection of this virus is the beauty and the possibility that the bats are the reservoir of infection for this disease.
    The statement said that the results of disease surveillance within the system of surveillance of influenza and respiratory and severe pneumonia cases isolated in hospitals (chest - Diets - General - Central - Education) and suspected cases returning from the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and health surveys suggesting that the total samples that have been tested so far 8465 suspected case and all results negative for the virus Koruna emerging.
    statement stressed that the Ministry of Health and Population is continuing to raise the degree of preparedness and vigilance to implement the plan of preparedness and rapid response in the case of the emergence of any human cases of the virus, coronavirus, and based on the continuous monitoring of the development of the epidemic globally and locally for the disease.
    and the epidemic situation of the global disease , according to World Health Organization reports to date confirm the injury, 213 cases, including 89 deaths, since the outbreak of the disease in November 2012 and the cases discovered from 11 countries are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Oman, Kuwait , and most of the cases and the case number 162 amount of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.



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    hat to Michael Coston for link to MoH site:

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      Re: Egypt - MoH warns on probability of human coronavirus cases after study finds 4 imported camels infected + pilgrims and general travel volume from Arabian Penninsula

      Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCont...ERS-in-Eg.aspx


      Health ministry confirms probability of MERS in Egypt
      Egypt's health ministry says coronavirus found in four camels may suggest infections among humans
      Ahram Online , Sunday 20 Apr 2014

      Egypt's health ministry has confirmed the probability of MERS in Egypt after it was announced that the coronavirus had been found in a small number of camels, sparking concerns that the deadly virus could spread to humans.

      In a statement released on Sunday, the health ministry said that a study conducted by Egypt's National Research Centre found the virus in four camels, out of 491 samples tested.

      The virus was not found in humans, cats or bats, according to the study, state-run news agency MENA reported.

      The statement added that an increase in travelers to the Arabian Peninsula, where the virus first emerged in 2012, is also responsible for the higher probability of MERS in Egypt...

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