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Saudi Arabia - 4 Philipines citizens - all health care workers - confined for coronavirus MERS: 2 in ICU, 2 under observation - August 24, 2015

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MANILA, Philippines - Four Filipinos have been confined in Saudi Arabia for contracting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV), the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh confirmed on Monday. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), two female Filipino nurses aged 29 and 32 are confined in the intensive care unit. Meanwhile, the other two - a 55-year-old male and a 50-year-old female - are in isolation and under observation. The four Filipino patients all work in the same hospital and contracted the virus upon exposure to MERS patients. "Our embassy was assured by the hospital management that they will be given the best possible treatment," DFA spokesperson Charles Jose said in a press briefing. http://www.philstar.com

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Possible cases already announced by the MoH:

1409 - Female, 29, onset July 23, hospitalized July 23, nosocomial, Expat, health care worker, stable & home isolation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia WHO


It is possible that all 4 of the above cases are new, previously unannounced cases.
 
[h=1]2 Philippine nurses with MERS in Saudi out of ICU[/h] By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 12, 2015 - 12:00am




MANILA, Philippines - Two Filipino nurses who acquired Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) are out of the intensive care unit of a hospital in Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. ?Both of them are recuperating,? DFA spokesman Charles Jose said in a press briefing. Jose said the 29-year-old female nurse is now in the hospital?s private ward unit and is able to speak after hemodialysis. Another 32-year-old female nurse has been discharged from hospital.

Continued: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/09/12/1498784/2-philippine-nurses-mers-saudi-out-icu
 
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