Jordan - Man, 69, nosocomial coronavirus MERS WHO confirmed hospitalized in ICU

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Source: http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/la...irus-in-jordan


New case of coronavirus in Jordan
May 24, 2014 - 2:29:50 pm

AMMAN: A sixty year old Jordanian citizen has attracted the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, raising the cases of the illness in Jordan to 10, the Jordanian Ministry of Health announced today.

Director of Health Care at the Jordanian Ministry of Health Dr. Bashir Al-Qaseer said in press release today that laboratory tests confirmed that the citizen was suffering from the coronavirus and was admitted to the Jordanian University Hospital.

The patient was quarantined in the isolation and intensive care section to be proved with the necessary medical care...

[sharon sanders]

Re: New case of coronavirus in Jordan

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) ? update

Disease Outbreak News

28 MAY 2014 - On 25 May 2014, the National IHR Focal Point of Jordan reported to WHO an additional Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) case in Amman, Jordan.

The case is a 69 year-old male Jordanian citizen and resident of Amman governorate. The patient was admitted to hospital on 29 April 2014 for a surgical procedure. He was discharged on 3 May 2014. On 8 May, the patient presented with fever. His condition deteriorated and he was admitted to the same hospital on 11 May. Two days later, on 13 May, he started to complain of cough. A specimen was collected from the patient and it tested negative for MERS on the same day, but a chest X-Ray showed pneumonia. A second specimen was collected and it tested positive by PCR on 23 May. The patient is currently in the intensive care unit in a critical condition.

The patient is known to have comorbidities, no history of travel, and no history of contact with animals. He also has no history of contact with a laboratory confirmed MERS-CoV case. However, he was admitted to the same hospital where a laboratory confirmed MERS-CoV fatal case was admitted. This case was reported to WHO on 6 May.

Contact tracing and screening of family members, health workers, and patients for MERS-CoV is currently ongoing.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_05_28_mers/en/

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Re: Jordan - Man, 69, nosocomial coronavirus MERS WHO confirmed hospitalized in ICU

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Sixth death Corona virus in the Kingdom
Friday, June 1, 2014 11:47
Sixth death Corona virus in the Kingdom


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