Egypt - Port Said health officials say...and then later deny... woman, 60, died from coronavirus MERS after participating in Umrah in Saudi Arabia - MoH not confirmed yet

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CAIRO, May 5 (Reuters) - The Egyptian authorities are investigating the cause of death of a person suspected of being infected with coronavirus, state TV reported on Monday, quoting a health ministry official.

The report on Nile News said a person suspected of infection with the virus had died, but the cause had yet to be confirmed.

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus emerged in the Middle East in 2012 and is from the same family as the SARS virus.

http://www.trust.org/item/20140505081942-ktspf

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt probing suspected coronavirus death

Even yesterday the MoH was denying any new cases.....

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The first event of the death virus "Corona" in Egypt
Mon, May 5, 2014 08:39
According to the news agency "Anatolia" Turkish, Monday morning, with the first event of the death of a suspected of being infected with HIV, "Corona" in Egypt, and citing medical sources.

The Ministry of Health and Population, Sunday, that all cases of suspected virus «Corona», during the past week, and the 57 case, were examined and analyzed samples, including central labs to the Ministry of Health, revealed the results is not infected with all suspects the virus.
, the ministry said, in Press Release: «Egypt is not recorded by any new cases of the virus, after the case, which was announced last Saturday to a young man named Ahmed Saeed Abdul Rahman."

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[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt probing suspected coronavirus death

Port Said health department confirms death of Umrah pilgrim

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The death of the first case of infected ?Corona? in Port Said

Posted on: Monday May 5, 2014 - 9:39 | Last Updated: Monday, May 5, 2014 - 9:39

Mohsen decimal

The Directorate of Health Affairs in Port Said Governorate, about the death of the first suspected case of being infected with HIV ?Corona? Monday morning, fever hospital in Port Said Governorate.

It is noteworthy that the deceased emotions Hassan (60 years old) had returned from Saudi Arabia a week ago, after the performance of Umrah, before suspected of being infected with the virus, and detained at the hospital, to die at dawn today in a hospital isolation ward diets.

http://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=05052014&id=bf975279-54a4-4554-b496-87d14cbeaafb

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt - Port Said health officials say woman, 60, died from coronavirus MERS after participating in Umrah in Saudi Arabia - MoH not confirmed yet

And an hour later....a denial but telling Egyptians not to attend Umrah to avoid getting sick....what is going on there???

Ugent "health" Port Said denies the death of a woman infected with Corona
Al-Ahram Gate
5-5-2014 | 10:48

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Denied Dr Hilmi Aallna, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Port Said, and the death of any cases of infected Pfirs crowns so far, stressing that the woman who died in Port Said samples have been taken and sent to the laboratories Cairo to check on whether they have died as a result of being infected with the virus or not. added Aallna, through Intervention by telephone with media Jihan Mansour program morning editing the channel editing Monday morning, that the deceased had entered the hospital with a severe increase in blood sugar. confirmed that there was only one case an infected Belvirs at the level of the republic which is located Bhmyat Abbasid, also appealed Egyptians not to go to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah this year to avoid getting sick.

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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Egypt - Port Said health officials say...and then later deny... woman, 60, died from coronavirus MERS after participating in Umrah in Saudi Arabia - MoH not confirmed yet

Egypt investigates suspected MERS coronavirus death
ISMAILIA Egypt Mon May 5, 2014 5:20am EDT

(Reuters) - Egyptian authorities are investigating whether a 60-year-old woman who has died in the city of Port Said had the SARS-like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). If confirmed, it would be Egypt's first death from the virus.

The woman had recently returned from an Islamic pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, where the MERS coronavirus emerged in 2012, Helmi el-Efni, a Health Ministry official from the city on the Suez Canal, said on Monday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/05/us-health-mers-egypt-idUSKBN0DL0BQ20140505

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Egypt - Port Said health officials say...and then later deny... woman, 60, died from coronavirus MERS after participating in Umrah in Saudi Arabia - MoH not confirmed yet

First case of death by coronavirus in Port Said

May. 05, 2014 11:30
First case of death by coronavirus in Port Said Corona Virus-REUTERS
By THE CAIRO POST
CAIRO: The first case of death by corona virus was in Port Said fever hospital, directorate of Health Affairs in Port Said declared Monday morning, Al-Shorouq reported.

The test results for woman who died on Monday and suspect of being infected with HIV corona will release within hours, sources at the Ministry of Health reported to Youm7.
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http://thecairopost.com/news/109201/news/first-case-of-death-by-coronavirus-in-port-said

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt - Port Said health officials say...and then later deny... woman, 60, died from coronavirus MERS after participating in Umrah in Saudi Arabia - MoH not confirmed yet

Official MoH denial - tests pending...

Health denies the rumors about the death of the first case of HIV Corona .. and stresses: a suspected case due to return from Saudi Arabia

Wrote: RIM Festival
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 10:43
Denied, head of preventive medicine at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Amr Kandil rumors about the death of the first case of infection in Port Said Corona .. stressing that the suspect in this case, her only due to return from Saudi Arabia.
And Oodh Qandil was taking a blood sample from the case and presented to the coefficient of the ministry to make sure the fact that HIV infection and whether or not the result will be announced this evening.
Kandil pointed out that you do not need to spread rumors before first make sure that health information so as not to arouse citizens without unnecessarily alarmed.
The Fever Hospital in Port Said has received emotions Hassan Attia -60 years - from Saudi Arabia a week ago after performing Umrah, before suspected of being infected with the virus, and detained at the hospital, to die at dawn today in an isolation ward fever hospital after being transferred from a hospital district flowers.

http://elwadynews.com/health-science-news/2014/05/05/33281