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Indonesia is testing 5 Hajj pilgrims to rule out Coronavirus infection

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Five pilgrims DIY Declared Suspect Had Mers-CoV

Republika Online - Thu, November 7, 2013



REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, YOGYAKARTA - Five pilgrims on their return to DIY (Special district Yogyakarta, GvdH) were declared suspect Mers-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus).

They had been treated at Dr Sardjito (two people), Hospital Morangan-Sleman (one person), Hospital-Panembahan Senopati Bantul (one person), and Bethesda Hospital Yogya (one person). '' From the Laboratory of the Ministry of Health ( MoH) Jakarta was declared negative,'' said Head of Prevention and Control of Health Department of Health Problems DIY Daryanto Chadorie. From these five, there was one person who died last Wednesday, which is being treated at Bethesda Hospital, but because of comorbidities. In fact, if there are mild cases of Mers-CoV health center can handle it, but when it's weight category should be referred to hospital.

Currently, hospitals in the province designated by the Ministry of Health as a referral hospital for Mers-CoV is Sardjito Hospital and Hospital Panembahan Senopati Bantul. Although the pilgrims had gone all DIY, DIY Health Department and staff remain alert to Mers-CoV.

'' To prevent lest Mers-CoV entry into DIY by screening for airline passengers in the airport who had just returned from an existing state Mers-CoV cases and high body temperature (38 degrees Celsius) up,'' he said. ,

Meanwhile, Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, said the man who declared "suspected" did not necessarily mean pain. Most of the "suspect" bird flu, or "suspected" Mers CoV and others that ultimately negative laboratory results. term "suspect" made ​​for caution to health care and screening forms for further detection, he said. All the people who are coughing, fever, no pneumonia, and home of the Arabian peninsula that could be categorized as a "suspect" Mers CoV. They then carefully examined in the laboratory, particularly with PCR. '' If the result is negative, meaning that the patient was suffering from bacterial pneumonia. It's just by chance had just returned from Saudi Arabia and because it called "suspected" Mers CoV,'' he said.

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Link via twitter by Indonesian Health Official: Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama
 
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