Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), full PDF document: (LINK). Extract.]
Communicable disease threats report - 23-29 June 2013, week 26
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Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus (MERS CoV) ? Multistate
Opening date: 24 September 2012 Latest update: 27 June 2013
Epidemiological summary
Between April 2012 and 27 June 2013, 77 laboratory-confirmed cases, including 40 deaths, have been notified to WHO. Up to the present time, Saudi Arabia has reported 62 cases of which 34 were fatal.
Other countries have also reported cases: Jordan (two cases and two deaths), Germany (two cases and one death), United Kingdom (four cases and two deaths), France (two cases and one death), Tunisia (two cases) and Italy (three cases).
In France, Italy, Tunisia and the United Kingdom, there has been local transmission among patients who had not been to the Middle East but had been in close contact with laboratory-confirmed or probable cases.
Between 20 and 27 June 2013, thirteen new cases and two fatalities were reported in Saudi Arabia.
An article from the New England Journal of Medicine describes a family case cluster of MERS-CoV infection and its limited transmission from person to person. The findings also suggest that there is a reduced risk of disease transmission during the early stages of infection.
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ECDC assessment
The continued reporting of novel coronavirus cases by the Saudi Arabian authorities indicates an ongoing source of infection present in the Arabian Peninsula. There is therefore a continued risk of cases in Europe associated with travel to the area.
Surveillance for cases is essential, particularly with expected increased travel to Saudi Arabia for the month of Ramadan in July and the Hajj in October.
Actions
ECDC published an updated rapid risk assessment on 17 June 2013. The results of an ECDC-coordinated survey on laboratory capacity for testing the novel coronavirus in Europe were published in EuroSurveillance.
ECDC is closely monitoring the situation in collaboration with WHO and the European Union Member States.
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Communicable disease threats report - 23-29 June 2013, week 26
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Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus (MERS CoV) ? Multistate
Opening date: 24 September 2012 Latest update: 27 June 2013
Epidemiological summary
Between April 2012 and 27 June 2013, 77 laboratory-confirmed cases, including 40 deaths, have been notified to WHO. Up to the present time, Saudi Arabia has reported 62 cases of which 34 were fatal.
Other countries have also reported cases: Jordan (two cases and two deaths), Germany (two cases and one death), United Kingdom (four cases and two deaths), France (two cases and one death), Tunisia (two cases) and Italy (three cases).
In France, Italy, Tunisia and the United Kingdom, there has been local transmission among patients who had not been to the Middle East but had been in close contact with laboratory-confirmed or probable cases.
Between 20 and 27 June 2013, thirteen new cases and two fatalities were reported in Saudi Arabia.
An article from the New England Journal of Medicine describes a family case cluster of MERS-CoV infection and its limited transmission from person to person. The findings also suggest that there is a reduced risk of disease transmission during the early stages of infection.
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ECDC assessment
The continued reporting of novel coronavirus cases by the Saudi Arabian authorities indicates an ongoing source of infection present in the Arabian Peninsula. There is therefore a continued risk of cases in Europe associated with travel to the area.
Surveillance for cases is essential, particularly with expected increased travel to Saudi Arabia for the month of Ramadan in July and the Hajj in October.
Actions
ECDC published an updated rapid risk assessment on 17 June 2013. The results of an ECDC-coordinated survey on laboratory capacity for testing the novel coronavirus in Europe were published in EuroSurveillance.
ECDC is closely monitoring the situation in collaboration with WHO and the European Union Member States.
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