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the midst of all the chaos in the world, the relentless outbreaks and
disease threats continue. While it has been said by Trump "Nuclear is
our greatest threat" perhaps in the next few days - but overall it is
disease. These viruses continue to mutate and there are bacteria which
are immune to all of our antibiotics. We approach an era where they are
useless and we will see strains spread across the planet which have no
cure or vaccine.
You might notice, the percentage of death from
MERS is still more than any country's infrastructure or health resources
could deal with.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported
seven new cases of MERS-CoV today, including five connected to a cluster
in Dumah Al Jandal, most apparently linked to a hospital setting. Three
of the new cases are healthcare workers, all expats who have
asymptomatic infections and are in stable condition. They include a
49-year-old man and two women, ages 27 and 26. The
other two new cases connected to the Dumah Al Jandal cluster are Saudi
men. A 21-year-old is in critical condition after being diagnosed with
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The MOH said he
was a household contact of another MERS-CoV patient. A 70-year-old is
also in critical condition, and the MOH said he acquired his infection
as a patient in the hospital. At least 9 cases in Dumah Al JandalIn
the last several days, there have been nine MERS-CoV infections
announced from Dumah Al Jandal, including a primary case, four among
health workers, one in a hospital patient, and three involving household
contacts. The city is located in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Hospital-based
infections are a hallmark of MERS-CoV outbreaks, with healthcare
workers and fellow patients often exposed to index patients before they
are isolated for treatment. Yesterday, the World Health Organization
said three Riyadh hospital-based outbreaks, first described earlier this
summer, were officially over. New cases from other citiesThe
MOH reported two additional cases today. One is a 58-year-old
expatriate man from Khamis Mushait who was symptomatic and is in
critical condition, and the other is a 55-year-old Saudi man from the
city of Al Ula in Medina province was also symptomatic and in stable
condition. Both men's illnesses were described as primary, meaning it's
unlikely they contracted the virus from another person. comment: the CFR (case fatality Ratio)?
The new cases raise Saudi Arabia's overall MERS-CoV total to 1,693 cases, 686 of them fatal.
40% - more than 8 times that which would shutdown the government. A vaccine needs to be developed for MERS. Soon.
Medclinician
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"not if but when" the original Medclinician
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