SARS-like virus kills two in Saudi Arabia, Qatar
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SARS-like virus kills two in Saudi Arabia, Qatar
The World Health Organization is raising alarm after a virus similar to SARS has now killed two people in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, says a report from Reuters.An update posted by the WHO Friday says that novel coronavirus, which was originally identified in September, has now killed one additional man in Qatar and has infected three additional people in Saudi Arabia.
The 49-year-old man who died in Qatar had travelled to Saudi Arabia before he got sick, says Reuters.
Friday’s statement from the WHO says there are probably more cases of novel coronavirus than have been reported.
“Until more information is available, it is prudent to consider that the virus is likely more widely distributed than just the two countries which have identified cases,” it says.
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SARS-like virus kills two in Saudi Arabia, Qatar
The real concern of this is that this is also how SARS started out before only in China last time. Here is a government site concerning this illness. Last time it spread through airline passengers to different places on earth. AIDS also spread at first in this way too.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
| Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a serious form of pneumonia. It is caused by a virus that was first identified in 2003. Infection with the SARS virus causes acute respiratory distress (severe breathing difficulty ... |
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Four new cases of a new SARS-related coronavirus in the Middle East were reported by the World Health Organization on Friday. Of the six ...
New Fatal SARS-Related Cases Reported in Middle EastBy DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Published: November 23, 2012Related
Four new cases of a new SARS-related coronavirus in the Middle East were
reported by the World Health Organization on Friday. Of the six known
cases — all in Saudi Arabia or Qatar
— two have been fatal. Only two were clearly connected; the patients
were from the same Saudi family, which suggests that the virus can be
transmitted from human to human. Two other members of the same family,
from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, previously were ill with similar
symptoms, one of whom died, the agency said. It asked all countries to
step up surveillance of rapid-onset pneumonia.
The Saudi Health Ministry put out a statement reassuring citizens that
there was “no cause for worry — the discovered cases were few and
isolated.” SARS — severe acute respiratory syndrome — emerged in China in 2002 and killed about 9 percent of the 8,273 people it infected before disappearing.
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New Fatal SARS-Related Cases Reported in Middle EastThis likely will be a rough ride for the middle east and wherever else this goes for awhile as the whole world rushes to try to stop a potential pandemic from occurring worldwide. As you read this the Medical professionals from all over earth are likely trying to stop this outbreak right now. |
