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Tunisia: Previously reported probable nCoV fatality now confirmed by US laboratory & reported by WHO September 6, 2013
The first case reported by the Tunisian Ministry of Health, is a 66 year old man, who died on May 10. This case has been
recently confirmed by analyzes made by a laboratory U.S. says WHO.
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[This case was in our probable list, and is the father and source of infection for cases #42 and #43. - alert]
Re: Tunisia: Previously reported probable nCoV fatality now confirmed by US laboratory
Thanks alert. ProMED is late on this one.
He was identified in a previous September 6th WHO report and I moved this case onto the confirmed list here:
#116 - Man, 66, retroactively identified, onset date May 1 and death on May 10, history of travel to Qatar & Saudi Arabia, father of cases #42 & #43 - Tunisia Death
Last edited by sharon sanders; September 18, 2013, 03:23 PM.
Reason: fixed typo on master list
4 September 2013 ? WHO has been informed of an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The first case was notified by the Ministry of Health in Tunisia.
The patient was a 66-year-old man who became ill on 1 May 2013 and died on 10 May 2013. The patient was earlier announced as a probable case while his daughter and son were laboratory-confirmed with MERS-CoV (DON published on 22 May 2013). Laboratory-confirmation on the case was recently conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The second case was notified by the Ministry of Health in Qatar.
The patient was a 56-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions who became ill on 18 August 2013 and died on 31 August 2013. Laboratory-confirmation was recently conducted by Public Health England, UK.
Globally, from September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a total of 110 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including 52 deaths.
Case List of MoH/WHO Novel Coronavirus MERS Announced Cases
and added a blurb next to his listing in the probable case list that he is confirmed case #116. You could remove his entire listing from that list if you want.
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