Qatar - 6th case: Man, 61, hospitalized in stable condition with novel coronavirus - October 17, 2013

[sharon sanders]

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Qatar Reports MERS-CoV Case

# 7869

For the better part of an hour Sharon Sanders of FluTrackers and I have been huddled on Skype trying to track down a story ? first tweeted by @makoto_au_japon ? regarding a MERS-CoV case in Qatar. After checking a number of sources, including Qatar?s Supreme Council of Health, we finally found the following English language news bulletin issued by the Qatar News Agency.

SCH Reports New Case of Coronavirus

Articale No:35
Articale Date:10/17/2013
Articale Time:4:01 PM
Doha ,October 17 (QNA) - The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) registered Thursday a new case of the deadly coronavirus after a Qatari man was diagnosed with flu . The 61-year-old man was diagnosed in the national center for flu, the SCH said in a press statement. The Qatari man also suffers from chronic diseases, the SCH statement added . It said the patient now receives treatment and his health condition is stable. The statement noted that the epidemiological investigation procedures showed that the patient did not travel outside the country during the two weeks prior to the onset of symptoms and he has not been subjected to socialize with a confirmed case . All the patient 's family members and others were checked up and the initial results were negative, the statement said .(QNA)
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The lack of travel history, or known contact with a MERS infected individual, is sure to raise new questions over how this virus is transmitting to humans.

I would note that Crof over at Crofsblog also has this story, from an Arabic source (see Qatar reports a new MERS case).

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[Biological]

Re: Qatar - 6th case: Man, 61, hospitalized in stable condition with novel coronavirus - October 17, 2013

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Qatar records new coronavirus case
17/10/2013 | 10:05 PM | Gulf News

DOHA, Oct 17 (KUNA) -- Qatar confirmed Thursday a new case of coronavirus disease, a 61-year-old citizen.
The male patient was suffering from chronic illness and was diagnosed with the flu in the National Central, however, he is currently being treated and in stable health condition, Qatari Supreme Council of Health (SCH) said in a statement.
The statement added the patient didn't travel for two weeks prior to the infection, and that had not been in contact with anyone suffering from coronavirus.
HSC noted that all family members of the patient were examined and preliminary results were negative. (end) nnd.mb KUNA 172205 Oct 13NNNN

KUNA : Qatar records new coronavirus case - Health - 17/10/2013
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2339353&language=en

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Supreme Council of Health, SCH reports new Corona Virus case http://www.sch.gov.qa/sch/En/
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[Biological]

Re: Qatar - 6th case: Man, 61, hospitalized in stable condition with novel coronavirus - October 17, 2013

Currently "coming soon" ....Finally posted on Qatar Supreme Council Of Health

SCH Reports New Case of Coronavirus

Doha - Thursday, 17 Oct 2013

The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) registered Thursday a new case of the deadly coronavirus after a Qatari man was diagnosed with flu.

The 61-year-old man was diagnosed in the national center for flu, the SCH said in a press statement.

The Qatari man also suffers from chronic diseases, the SCH statement added. It said the patient now receives treatment and his health condition is stable.

The statement noted that the epidemiological investigation procedures showed that the patient did not travel outside the country during the two weeks prior to the onset of symptoms and he has not been subjected to socialize with a confirmed case.

All the patient's family members and others were checked up and the initial results were negative, the statement said.

http://www.sch.gov.qa/sch/En/catcontent.jsp?scatId=792&scatType=1