UAE - A report - Man, 82, nCoV novel coronavirus patient in Abu Dhabi - died

[Shiloh]

Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/he...irus-1.1208209


Emirati man diagnosed with Sars-like virus
MOH said that WHO confirmed that the virus is not a concern for public health at the moment

WAM
Published: 00:03 July 12, 2013

Abu Dhabi : An 82-year-old UAE national has been diagnosed with novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in one of the hospitals in Abu Dhabi. The patient is male with multiple myeloma and is currently admitted in the ICU.

The Health Authority in Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has confirmed that it is coordinating with the Ministry of Health and other authorities in the country and has taken the necessary measures as per the international standards and recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO)...

[sharon sanders]

Re: UAE - A report - Man, 82, nCoV novel coronavirus patient in Abu Dhabi

diagnosis / sk / for elderly AED and confirmation of the Health Authority and the Ministry to take all necessary precautionary measures ..

11/07/2013 23:15:03
Health Authority Abu Dhabi / discovery of a case Coruna. Abu Dhabi on July 11 / WAM / announced the Health Authority Abu Dhabi for the diagnosis of HIV Corona virus that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory a citizen of United Arab Emirates in a hospital in Abu Dhabi. The patient's age, 82 years old and suffering from cancer and receiving treatment is currently one of the hospital in intensive care. confirmed the Health Authority Abu Dhabi that they are in coordination with the Ministry of Health and health authorities and relevant state in this regard and has taken the necessary measures and precautions in accordance with the recommendations of scientific and conditions and criteria adopted by the World Health Organization, including the investigation epidemiological Mkhaltin. explained the Ministry of Health that the first HIV infection Taji new "virus Koruna" had announced on September 20, 2012 by the World Health Organization and even the seventh of July 2013 announced the organization of 80 confirmed cases of HIV Koruna globally, representing this case, the first case diagnosed of this disease within the state. The Ministry Health to the World Health Organization confirmed that the virus is not a concern for public health at the moment and stressed that the current situation does not require any action to ban travel to any country in the world and does not require tests early in the ports states do not impose any restrictions on trade. would like to ministry rest assured everyone that the cases detected around the world continue to be limited deployment compared to the types of flu other and confirmed that the health situation is not a cause for concern and that the ministry following the situation closely and to ensure the health and safety of everyone. / Jana /. Follow Emirates News Agency on Twitter wamnews @ and FB www.facebook.com / Wamarabic. the . . WAM / Jana / mystery / g m n

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Re: UAE - A report - Man, 82, nCoV novel coronavirus patient in Abu Dhabi

hat tip Michael Coston

UAE Reports MERS-CoV Case



UAE’s Proximity to Saudi Arabia

# 7475


Overnight the Arabic press has reported that an 82 year-old cancer patient from the UAE has been diagnosed with the emerging MERS coronavirus infection at an Abu Dhabi hospital.

Unknown at this time are epidemiological details like the onset date, date of lab confirmation, the patient’s recent travel history and or animal exposures, possible hospital exposures, and any details on contact tracing or testing.

While short on details, these media reports (such as the one below from Gulf News) are long on reassurances.

Emirati man diagnosed with Sars-like virus

MOH said that WHO confirmed that the virus is not a concern for public health at the moment
Published: 00:03 July 12, 2013

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Abu Dhabi : An 82-year-old UAE national has been diagnosed with novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in one of the hospitals in Abu Dhabi. The patient is male with multiple myeloma and is currently admitted in the ICU.

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This case represents the first diagnosed case of the disease within UAE.

MOH added that WHO confirmed that the virus is not a concern for public health at the moment, and that the current situation does not require a travel ban to any country in the world, nor screenings at different ports, nor any restrictions on trade.

The ministry reassures everyone that detected cases globally continue to be very low compared to other types of flu. The Ministry confirms that the situation does not call for concern and that it is monitoring the situation closely to ensure the health and safety of everyone.

In addition to dismissively characterizing MERS-CoV as `a type of flu’, press reports are portraying this as the first MERS diagnosis in the UAE (see also Al Arabiya report UAE announces first case of MERS coronavirus infection).

Technically true, although this ignores that fact that at least two others from the UAE have been diagnosed with the virus within days of leaving the country.

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• In March of this year a 73 year old man was treated at an Abu Dhabi hospital, and was then transferred by air ambulance to Germany, where he was then diagnosed with MERS-CoV (see Germany Reporting 17th NCoV Case).
• In April, a man returning from a visit to the UAE was hospitalized in France with the virus (see France: Imported Case Of nCoV From The UAE).

Both of these patients subsequently died.

Unknowns at this time include the source of this virus, how it is jumping into the human population, how well it is (or isn’t) transmitting in the community, its true attack rate (including asymptomatic or subclinical infections), and why the patient profile appears skewed towards elderly men with comorbidities.

While we’ve not seen any evidence of sustained community transmission of the MERS coronavirus, concerns are such that this week the World Health organization convened an emergency meeting of International experts to discuss the MERS-CoV threat.

This group will reconvene next Wednesday (see WHO Statement On Today’s MERS-CoV Meeting), and we should see some kind of consensus of the threat released.

With so many unknowns - and with Ramadan now underway and millions of religious pilgrims expected to visit the Arabian peninsula over the next few months - public health officials around the world are gearing up in case they are called upon to deal with the spread of this virus.

Some recent blogs on these activities include:

MMWR: MERS-CoV Update

NIOSH Webinar: MERS-CoV Infection Prevention & Control

MERS: Singapore MOH Puts Quarantine Chalets On Standby

CDC: Interim Infection Control Guidelines For MERS-CoV

Posted by Michael Coston at <a class="timestamp-link" href="http://afludiary.blogspot.ca/2013/07/uae-reports-mers-cov-case.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2013-07-12T07:41:00-04:00">7:41 AM</abbr>

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Re: UAE - A report - Man, 82, nCoV novel coronavirus patient in Abu Dhabi

Copy of our line list with UAE case exposures in bold:

*****This list is offered for epidemiological interest only. We do not warranty this information*****

We have lost visibility in Saudi Arabia - May 12, 2013

Per ECDC cases 1 thru 11:

<table style="WIDTH: 100%" class="ms-rteTable-1" summary="" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="ms-rteTableHeaderRow-1"><td class="ms-rteTableHeaderFirstCol-1" width="7%">Case No. </td> <td class="ms-rteTableHeaderOddCol-1" width="12%">

Date of Onset

</td> <td class="ms-rteTableHeaderEvenCol-1" width="9%">

Age (years)

</td> <td class="ms-rteTableHeaderOddCol-1" width="6%">

Sex

</td> <td class="ms-rteTableHeaderEvenCol-1" width="12%">

Probable place of infection

</td> <td class="ms-rteTableHeaderOddCol-1" width="13%">

Date reported

</td> <td class="ms-rteTableHeaderEvenCol-1" width="19%">

Source

</td> <td class="ms-rteTableHeaderLastCol-1" width="19%">

Outcome

</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 1
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> April 2012
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> 45
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> F
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Jordan**
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 30/11/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> WHO/IHR
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Dead
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 2
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> April 2012
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> 25
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Jordan**
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 30/11/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> WHO/IHR
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Dead
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 3
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> 13/06/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> 60
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 20/09/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/ProMed
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Dead
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 4
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> 03/09/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> 49
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Qatar/ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia***
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 22/09/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> HPA/WHO
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Death on June 28 Note
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 5
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 04/11/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/ProMed / SMJ
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Alive
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 6
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> 12/10/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> 45
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Qatar****
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 23/11/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> RKI / WHO
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Alive
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 7
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 19/11/12- 23/11/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/ProMed/
WHO
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Alive
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 8
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> 28/10/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 23/11/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> WHO
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Dead
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 9
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> October 2012
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 28/11/12
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> WHO
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Dead
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 10
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> 24 /1/2013
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> 60
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> Pakistan/
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 8/1/13
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> EWRS
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> reported Dead on March 19
</td></tr> <tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-1"> <td class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-1" width="7%"> 11
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="12%"> 6/2/2013
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="9%"> NK
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="6%"> M
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="12%"> United Kingdom*
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1" width="13%"> 12/02/13
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1" width="19%"> HPA
</td> <td class="ms-rteTableLastCol-1" width="19%"> Dead 17/2/2013
</td></tr></tbody></table> * Part of family cluster
** Healthcare worker and part of outbreak linked to hospital
*** Patient transferred to UK
**** Patient transferred to Germany
NK: not known


http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/n...2FLists%2FNews


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#12 - A younger female family member, who only had exposure to Case 10 while he was in hospital. She became ill on February 5 with a typical influenza-like illness which did not require hospital admission. She has now fully recovered. - United Kingdom

#13 - "The patient was hospitalized on 29 January 2013 and died on 10 February 2013. The case was laboratory-confirmed on 18 February 2013. Further investigation into this case is ongoing." - female had traveled abroad. Saudi Arabia Death

#14 Man, 69, was hospitalized on 10 February 2013 and died on 19 February 2013 - Saudi Arabia Death

#15 Man- 39, onset date 24 February 2013. He was hospitalized on 28 February 2013 and died on 2 March 2013. Saudi Arabia Death

#16 No details. Apparently recovered. Contact of case #15 above. Saudi Arabia

#17 Man, 73, hospitalized in Germany reported by infectious diseases chief Wendtner at Schwabing Hospital in Munich - UAE Death

#18 - Man, 59, with multiple comorbidities. Date of onset of symptoms [14 Apr 2013] and died [19 Apr 2013] - Saudi Arabia Death

#19 - Man, 24, with multiple comorbidities. Date of symptoms [17 Apr 2013] - Saudi Arabia Death Note.

#20 - Man, 87, with multiple comorbidities. Date of symptoms [17 Apr 2013] and died [28 Apr 2013] - Saudi Arabia Death

#21 - Man, 58, with multiple comorbidities. Date of symptoms [22 Apr 2013] still in ICU in stable but critical condition - Saudi Arabia

#22 - Man, 94, with multiple comorbidities. Date of symptoms [22 Apr 2013] and passed away [26 Apr 2013] - Saudi Arabia Death

#23 - Man, 56, with multiple comorbidities. Date of Symptoms [22 Apr 2013] and passed away [30 Apr 2013] - Saudi Arabia Death

#24 - Man, 56, with multiple comorbidities. Date of symptoms [22 Apr 2013] and passed away [29 Apr 2013] - Saudi Arabia Death

#25 - Woman, 53, with comorbidities. Date of symptoms [27 Apr 2013] she is in stable but critical condition - Saudi Arabia Death Note.

#26 - Man, 50, with comorbidity. Date of symptoms [30 Apr 2013] with pneumonia and he is well on the inpatient ward - Saudi Arabia

#27 - Man, 33, with comorbidity. Family contact of a deceased patient. Date of symptoms [28 Apr 2013]. Inpatient in the medical ward and doing well. Saudi Arabia

#28 - Woman, 62, with multiple comorbidities. Start of symptoms [19 Apr 2013] and deceased [3 May 2013] Saudi Arabia Death

#29 - Man, 71, with multiple comorbidities. Start of symptoms [15 Apr 2013], deceased [3 May 2013] Death Saudi Arabia

#30 - Woman, 58, with comorbidities. Start of symptoms [1 May 2013] and currently ventilated in critical but stable condition. Saudi Arabia

#31 - Man, 65, April 23, travel to UAE and hospitalized April 23 - France Death

#32 - Man, 48, with multiple comorbidities, onset date 29 Apr 2013, stable condition - Saudi Arabia

#33 - Man, 58, with comorbidity, onset date 6 Apr 2013 - recovered - Saudi Arabia

#34 - Man, 50, hospital roommate of case #31 - France

#35 - Woman, 69, with multiple coexisting medical conditions who became ill on 25 April 2013 and has died - Saudi Arabia Death

#36 - Man, 48, with multiple coexisting medical conditions who became ill on 24 April 2013, and is in critical condition - Saudi Arabia

#37 - Man, 81, with multiple coexisting medical conditions, who became ill on 26 April 2013, and is in critical condition - Saudi Arabia Death Note.

#38 - Man, 56, with multiple coexisting medical conditions, who became ill on 7 May 2013 - Saudi Arabia

#39 - Man, 45, health care worker, who became ill on 2 May 2013 and is currently in a critical condition - Saudi Arabia

#40 - Woman, 43, health care worker, with a coexisting health condition, who became ill on 8 May 2013 and is in a stable condition - Saudi Arabia

#41 - Woman, 81, with multiple coexisting medical conditions. She became ill on 28 April 2013 - Saudi Arabia Death Note.

#42 - Woman, 35, sister of case #43, travel history to Mecca, Saudi Arabia - Tunisia

#43 - Man, 34, brother of case #42 - Tunisia

#44 - Man, 63, with underlying medical condition, hospitalized May 15, died May 20 - Saudi Arabia Death

#45 - Man, 56, with underlying medical conditions, onset date May 12, died on May 20 - Saudi Arabia Death

#46 - Woman, 85, with underlying medical conditions, onset date May 17 and is currently in critical condition - Saudi Arabia

#47 - Woman, 76, with underlying medical conditions, onset date May 24 and discharged from the hospital on May 27 - Saudi Arabia

#48 - Man, 77, with underlying medical conditions, onset date May 19, and died on 26 May - Saudi Arabia Death

#49 - Man, 73, with underlying medical conditions, onset date May 18 and died on May 26 - Saudi Arabia Death

#50 - Man, 61, underlying medical conditions - Saudi Arabia

#51 - Man, 45, travel history to Jordan, hospitalized in good condition - Italy

#52 - Child, 1.5 years, contact of case #51, hospitalized - Italy

#53 - Woman, 40, co-worker of case #51 - Italy

#54 - Child, 14, onset date May 29 - not part of Al-Ahsa hospital cluster - Saudi Arabia

#55 - Man, 83, multiple comorbidities - Saudi Arabia Death

#56 - Woman, 63, hospitalized in stable condition - Saudi Arabia

#57 - Man, 75, hospitalized - Saudi Arabia Death Note.

#58 - Man, 21, died this week - Saudi Arabia Death

#59 - Man, 65, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Mecca province - Saudi Arabia Death Note

#60 - Woman, 68, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Mecca province - Saudi Arabia Death Note

#61 - Age 46, Wadi Al-Dawasir, Riyadh province - Saudi Arabia Death

#62 - Man, 42, Eastern province - Saudi Arabia

#63 - Woman, 63, Riyadh province - Saudi Arabia Death Note.

#64 - Age, 2, Jeddah, Mecca province - Saudi Arabia Death Note

#65 - Woman, 42, recovered - Eastern province - Saudi Arabia

#66 - Woman, 45, health care worker in Taif, Mecca province - Saudi Arabia

#67 - Woman, 39, health care worker in Taif, Mecca province - Saudi Arabia

#68 - Woman, 29, health care worker in Taif, Mecca province - Saudi Arabia

#69 - Woman, 41, Riyadh province - Saudi Arabia

#70 - Age 32, suffering from cancer, Eastern province - Saudi Arabia Death Note.

#71-#77 - No details - 7 more cases announced, possibly 6 asymptomatic, ages 7 - 15, plus a person age 50 from the Eastern province - Saudi Arabia

#78 - Man, 69, hospitalized on June 28 in critical condition - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

#79 - Man, 66, hospitalized on June 28 in critical condition - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

#80 - Woman - Health care worker recovered in Hafr Al-Batin, Eastern Province - Saudi Arabia

#81 - Man, 66, hospitalized in stable condition - Asir province - Saudi Arabia

#82 - Man, 82, hospitalized in ICU - UAE


Latest WHO report dated July 11, 2013

Latest ECDC Rapid Risk Assessment - July 8, 2013



Man, 66, died in Tunisia. He recently traveled through Qatar & Mecca, Saudi Arabia recently. He is the father of cases #43 & #44. WHO announced on May 21 that this man has not tested positive for nCoV. As far as FT is concerned he is a probable case. Death

Media reports on MOH site -Child, 10 died May 14 in Al-Qatif Central Hospital - Saudi Arabia Death Please note - there is no followup to this post on the MOH site linked herein - Please note: this article is still on the MOH site today 21/5/13

Please note: We have at least one less death listed than the WHO because some deaths have been reported by Saudi Arabia without any details.

Clusters


Cluster 1 Jordan Cluster April 2012

Two fatal cases, a 45 year-old woman and a 25 year-old man, from Jordan in April 2012. The 2 cases were discovered through testing of samples from a cluster of 11 pneumonia cases in health care workers that occurred at that time. These two individuals were health care workers and most likely contracted the infection from a treated patient or coworker.

Cluster 2 Saudi Arabia Cluster November 2012

In late October and early November, 2013, three male family members were confirmed with NCoV in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Two males werei n their 30s and third was 70 years old. The 70-year old male and a 39 year old male died. The third male, a 31-years old, apparently recovered. It is presumed the 70 year old male was the father of one or both of the younger men.

Cluster 3, United Kingdom Cluster January 2013

A father and his son and a female relative in the United Kingdom represent the third cluster of cases. The son and female relative contracted the infection from their father after he returned to the United Kingdom from Saudi Arabia. This cluster also presents clear evidence of H2H transmission.
The index cases of this cluster is a 60-year-old male who resided in Birmingham England. He had a 39-year-old son who was suffering from brain cancer and was diagnosed with a low chance of survival in November 2012. The son moved to Birmingham near his father to receive chemotherapy treatment in January 2013.

Between December 16 and January 20th, the index case traveled to Pakistan to inform relatives about his son?s cancer. On his return to his home to Birmingham, he stopped in Mecca, Saudi Arabia beginning on January 20 to pray for the recovery of his son. He experienced symptom onset on January 24, 2013 while still in Saudi Arabia and returned to the United Kingdom on January 28, 2013. He was hospitalized on January 31, 2013.

Following his return from Saudi Arabia on January 31, 2013, The index case had contact with both his son and the female relative when he returned home. The female relative began experiencing symptoms on February 5. The son began experiencing symptoms on February 7th, presumably while being treated with chemotherapy. On February 17th, 10 days later, the son died from the infection. Neither he nor the female relative had traveled outside the United Kingdom. The father died on March 19, 2013 (link).

Cluster 4, Saudi Arabia Cluster March 2013

Little information is available about this cluster. One of the contacts of a 39 year old male who died on March 3, 2013 tested positive for NCoV. This individual recovered and no further information is currently available.

Cluster 5, Saudi Arabia Cluster April 2013

Two of the three cases reported from Saudi Arabia on May 3, 2013 are reported to be family members. No further information is available.

h/t Laidback Al http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=205179

Cluster 6 - France Hospital Cluster: Cases 31 and 34.

Cluster 7 - Man, 66, died in Tunisia. He recently traveled through Qatar & Mecca, Saudi Arabia recently. He is the father of cases #43 & #44. WHO announced on May 21 that this man has not tested positive for nCoV. As far as FT is concerned he is a probable case.

Cluster 8 - 3 Italian cases #51,52,53. 1st case had recent travel to Jordan. Case 52 is a relative of case 51. Case 53 is reportedly a co-worker of case 51.

[Shiloh]

Re: UAE - A report - Man, 82, nCoV novel coronavirus patient in Abu Dhabi

Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/he...tion-1.1208985


Emirati patient infected with Mers-CoV in stable condition
WHO representatives invited to monitor and investigate case

By Samihah Zaman, Staff Reporter and Abdulla Rasheed, Abu Dhabi Editor
Published: 16:00 July 14, 2013
Gulf News

Abu Dhabi: Representatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have been invited to investigate and monitor the first UAE- diagnosed case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (Mers-CoV) infection, a senior health official said in the capital today (Sunday).

The patient, an 82-year-old Emirati male, is currently in stable condition and is being treated at the Shaikh Khalifa Medical City, the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD) official told Gulf News...

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Re: UAE - A report - Man, 82, nCoV novel coronavirus patient in Abu Dhabi

Interesting disparity , FAO-EMPRES has case listed as 13/07/2013: United Arab Emirates - Coronavirus
15 July 2013, 15:18:
Confirmed Coronavirus in Dubai, for human

http://empres-i.fao.org/empres-i/2/obd?idOutbreak=176799&rss=t

[tetano]

Emirati, 82, dies in Abu Dhabi after contracting new coronavirus

The man, 82, is the first confirmed death in the UAE of someone infected with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, known as Mers-CoV.

He died this month and was not known to have travelled abroad, the World Health Organisation said.

The patient had been undergoing chemotherapy for the past two years, the WHO said. Patients with pre-existing conditions are known to be susceptible to the coronavirus.

"He presented with acute respiratory distress on July 6," a spokesman for the organisation said yesterday. "His condition deteriorated and he was hospitalised in ICU on July 8 and confirmed with Mers on July 10."

Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-n...#ixzz2dOQIjWMA
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Re: UAE - A report - Man, 82, nCoV novel coronavirus patient in Abu Dhabi - died

H/T tetano

Centre for Health Protection (CHP)
Clip:
29 August 2013

Eight additional overseas cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome closely monitored by DH

The Department of Health (DH) is today (August 29) closely monitoring eight additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

According to the WHO, the cases include two men from the KSA's capital, aged 54 and 51, with chronic illnesses, who have died.

The remaining six patients include three males and three females aged 31 to 70. Five of them, from southern KSA and the capital with underlying medical conditions, are currently hospitalised. The other patient from southern KSA is a contact of a confirmed case and is asymptomatic.

In addition, a previously confirmed case from the United Arab Emirates has died.

This brings the latest global number of confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome to 102, including 49 deaths.

"The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the DH will seek more information on the cases from the WHO and the relevant health authorities. The CHP will stay vigilant and continue to work closely with the WHO and overseas health authorities to monitor the latest developments of this disease," a DH spokesman remarked.

Locally, the CHP will continue its surveillance mechanism with public and private hospitals, practising doctors and the airport for any suspected case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

"No human infection with this virus has been identified so far in Hong Kong," the spokesman stressed.

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