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arirish
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Posted: June 17 2015 at 6:38pm |
Saudi Arabia reports new MERS case in Hofuf
The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) today confirmed another MERS-CoV case in Hofuf, the nation's leading hot spot in recent weeks. The case involves a 28-year-old male healthcare worker, the agency said. He is hospitalized in stable condition, and any possibility of contact with other patients with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) is under review. In typical fashion, the MOH supplied no other information on the patient. It did add, though, that a previously reported 56-year-old Saudi man from Hofuf has died from the disease. He was not a health worker and had preexisting disease. Since the beginning of the month, 17 of 21 confirmed MERS cases in Saudi Arabia have been in Hofuf, which lies in the northeastern part of the country, not far from Bahrain and Qatar near the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia has now confirmed 1,035 MERS-CoV cases, including 458 deaths. Six patients are undergoing treatment, and 1 is in home isolation. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/06/news-scan-jun-17-2015 |
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21 cases since the start of the month - seems South Korea is not alone in dealing with a larger outbreak. What gives? If the virus hasn't mutated, what is suddenly giving MERS fresh impetus in two distinct locations?
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JD- I don't know but something is definitely different! Maybe the temperature! It's possibly two different reasons. In KSA, it could be the reservoir (young camels) is sheading more virus and in SK the temps are low enough to allow the virus to live outside hospitals for a much longer time period. I know one thing for sure! The holy month of Ramadan starts today and we won't hear much out of the Saudi's for about 30 days!
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