Jordan - Cluster of approximately 13 people with acute pneumonia type illness, 2 fatalities - April 20 - May 2012 - Novel coronavirus confirmed

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Predicted the death of'' Amjad'' because of his unknown virus

Thursday, April 26, 2012 22:40

Denied the Department of Health and there is no relationship between the death of young Ashrana yesterday in a hospital Princess Hamza was suffering a disease in the membranes of the heart, and "virus unknown" that caused severe pneumonia to a number of cadres of hospital blue state, resulting in the death of nurse emotions Balawi.

The Director of Primary Health Care Department at the Ministry Bassam Hijjawi for "the way" on Thursday, said the cause of death of the young man transferred from the hospital blue state a condition to attack Hamza Hospital, due to a bug hit the heart membranes.

The conversion of the deceased young Prince Hamza Hospital before the discovery of "unknown virus" in the blue government hospital.

But with the young deceased Amjad Akram livelihood leading to "the way" paper Marwsh of Prince Hamzah Hospital says "Enter the (young) to the hospital on 15/4 adapter from the hospital blue and he was suffering from symptoms of pneumonia and inflammation of the heart muscle (the membrane and muscle) and given the late necessary treatment and samples were taken for diagnosis with the possibility of a viral infection or pulmonary TB, and began treatment based on it. and go to Allah's mercy pm Wednesday, 25.04. "http://www.assabeel.net/important-to...%88%D9%84.html

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an interview which claims it is all overblown by the nurses who weren't successful enough to win elections in recent Nurses Association and still no name to this virus

Minister of Health reveal the identity of "actor" in the hospital blue ..!

26/04/2012 22:12:00

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Minister of Health, Dr. Abdul Latif Alorikat that the disease which has infected a dozen people, mostly from the medical staff at a hospital is not a blue state, B, and it is nothing more than a disease resulting from the use of anything in common by them, as well as the person who was reluctant to them as a friend.

He cautioned that if the disease was epidemic to spread like fire debris between patients and the families of patients who received treatment at Prince Hamzah Hospital.

The minister did not hide Wreikat, in an interview with Shihan that the hype for this disease was by a group of nurses affiliated with the stream not successful enough to win elections in recent Nurses Association, and the reason they were in a bear terror in the hearts of patients who had fled fearing for their lives.

He said the Ministry of Health took advantage of the escaped patients and sterilizing the room and intensive care hospital by a global company, especially that of His Majesty King Abdullah II continued the procedures taken during the first Powell and the Prime Minister to find out why.

And corrected the information that the minister walked as nothing to do with Sri Lankan woman committed suicide by taking an overdose of a cure for diabetes and that it was said that Filipinos infected with SARS.

He denied that there are new cases as common during the past few hours, stressing that injuries confined per ten who had received the necessary treatments.

The following statements to the Minister Alorikat Shihan

Shehan: What is the story of what happened in the blue government hospital?

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Ten injuries did not result from the disease is endemic, Jordan according to international reports released recently confirms it is free from any epidemic.

Spread news on injury of a number of medical staff illness, call me the Prime Minister, and told me that His Majesty King Abdullah II, which is broadcast upset about this subject.
Indeed, cut off my visit to London and contacted officials at the Ministry of Health and was a thursday night on Friday and asked them to go to the hospital to find out the details of the subject and treatment if there is any problem.

When he arrived at the hospital officials and examined it called me and said that there is nothing.
But do not hide that the Ministry of Health on Thursdays and Fridays, such as "to consuming his father," what they were strong to respond. It was assumed that this case be answered scientifically. Then I spoke with the State President and the cut Ejazti to London and I went back to the country.

And facts of what happened and the injuries that the infection confined to a particular group, even if it was moved to an epidemic of infection to patients who were in the intensive care unit where the injuries that limited medical staff.

Shehan: But the Minister has recently emerged new cases in the Prince Hamzah Hospital?

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- What happened was with the pregnant woman said she is suffering from symptoms similar to symptoms of infections that have been counted and provide treatment to her and found she did not suffer from anything.
What I want to say that there are armies moving and tell her "Put the fear of God and fear set your eyes on the country."

I confirm that there is no injury other than those injuries, ten, even if it was an epidemic of the disease has spread like fire debris among the wounded, sick and their families and so on.

The disease, which is being determined is clear from the data that he is not contagious and that it was spread among a group of medical staff working in the same place. And the possible spread of the disease, including eating a result of something in common.

Shehan: But what has been circulated to people of Philippine citizenship entered the hospital and had died of SARS?

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- First case speak about is not a Filipino but a woman Serlankih, suffers from diabetes and entered into a diabetic coma, and after what has been treated and recovered, she returned to the house of her employer, as a result the problems of increased dosage of medication diabetes with a view to suicide, and forensic medicine has proved that.

The Libyans have been discovered 16 people with HIV were deported to Libya, as well as four others are infected with TB were deported to their country as well.
And cases of liver infected with non-contagious epidemic was necessary to hold them.

Shehan: What actions taken by the Ministry of Health to contain the disease in hospital blue?

- Start when people learned of the patients about it fled and left the hospital, and taken advantage of this situation sterilize hospital and intensive care through a global company, and then entered the room, intensive care and withdrew blood from some patients and sat with them until reassure them that there is no Arabhm or the presence of an infectious disease as was believed.

Shehan: What is the story Almlasna between you and the nurse on the door of the hospital?.

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When I went to the hospital, I was surprised by the presence of a nurse outside the hospital puts the muzzle, and Astdeith to ask him what to do outside the hospital, he answered me that he feared that his disease, I told him you are a nurse and is supposed to be front and working to reassure patients and visitors and that this position increases the horror of the people and scare them from Make sure us that disease is not contagious.
To discover that there is a stream of nurses who were not lucky to win the election Taarhm Nurses Association are behind this confusion.

Gathered supporters of this trend and began Itahjmon the Ministry of Health and their performance and the police came to intervene asked them to consider disbanding the subject.

Shehan: Do not you think the Minister that the results screened to determine the type of the disease had been delayed?

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We are screened currently in the laboratory of the Ministry of Health which is a reference to local and of the province, according to the WHO report, and hold the training courses for specialists from Arab countries and friendly, and with this we sent him to more than one hand, and proved that it is not a virus or disease bacteria is by what they call a week-long medical condition or two accompanied by a rise in temperature.

Shehan: You mean that what has been exaggerated issue?

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- Group of the antibody in the blue

Shehan: It is who are they?

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- Current nursing who did not luck in the elections of union nurses.

Shehan: But the blue hospital needs to maintain the Minister?

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We put forward a bid of $ 400 thousand dinars for the maintenance of the hospital, even though we are working to establish a new hospital serves the people of the province of the blue, and the future we will maintain this building, which could be converted to a comprehensive health center.

Shehan: But the Minister and the death of the nurse as a result of this disease do not you think it was strange?

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Died of a sharp deterioration in the lung and kidney, which is transferred to the Islamic Hospital and I can not set a reason and there is a commission of inquiry will show results soon so relaxes the heart of her mother and her father.

Shihan - His Excellency the Minister in light of the political situation experienced by the country you are trying to target the reputation of the medical sector of Jordan as well as create chaos among the people by promoting the spread of epidemics in Jordan?

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Thank you for this question smartphone. Jordan my dear, the first Arab in medical tourism and fifth globally and as long as there are targets of security and stability Quite confirmation there of trying to undermine the achievements of the most prominent of which the reputation of his sector medical and therapeutic Saahth, one of the pillars of economic maximize income in the state treasury. http://translate.google.com/translat...26prmd%3Dimvns

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The death of a doctor epidemic hospital on Thursday evening, government blue

Published on Friday, April 27 / April 2012 04:27

Shabib - the second death of the mysterious illness which he suffered a cadre of government hospital and he died Blue Doctors Hospital Doctor of the blue government in Prince Hamzah Hospital in the evening hours before the day of 26/4/2012 to be the second witness to the negligence of the Ministry of Health and the hospital administration in dealing with the epidemic,

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Which deal with the Minister of Health Alorikat conscience is dead, where follow the style of opacity and doubt the media, but also reached its limit to fraud and Aldlas the media did not perform his duty career as a physician and minister to besiege the epidemic,
as it suffers medical staff in a hospital in the blue state of shock as well as horror and a sense of oppression after the loss of two colleagues because of the epidemic as a result of miscalculation of the hospital administration and the Minister of Health to deal with him as they are now, they say (waiting) and confirmed that the sterilization process that is said about them to the hospital included the Office of the Director of the hospital and the rest of the rooms department only, while not sterilize the rest of the facilities vital in the hospital, which is usually crowded with patients and were receiving reprimands from the staff of the hospital administration and health personnel if they put masks on their faces, and in the appreciation that the Minister of Health ran a crisis conscience is dead, fearing for tourism season in Jordan, the income you earn the country and thus rights of our most expensive what we have ..
One last question of the Minister of Health held accountable for the lives that have fallen down due to neglect his conscience and the Dead in the management of crisis and Ghamd deadly epidemic?

Which calls for the captain asked Astwrab number of nurses and doctors and the Ministry of Health that the return of the minister in the cabinet of the next as if the responsibility is borne by you and I am either the Minister, who refused to meet the citizens of his recent visit to the province of the blue is the savior http://translate.google.com/translat...04-22-11-33-08

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Thursday night .... The death of a doctor disease "mysterious blue" .. and the hospital staff in shock and horror and pain ..!!
4/27/2012

Died of a doctor from Doctors Hospital blue state in the Prince Hamzah Hospital on Thursday evening to be the second death of epidemic hospital blue mysterious and martyr of the last neglect the Ministry of Health and the hospital administration in dealing with the epidemic, which deal with him and former health minister conscience is dead, where these style media blackout did not perform his duty career as a physician and minister to besiege the epidemic and educate the people as it should.

Suffer as medical staff in hospital blue government of a state of shock as well as horror and a sense of oppression after the loss of two colleagues because of the epidemic as a result of miscalculation of the hospital administration and the Minister of Health to deal with him because they say they are now (waiting).
They stressed that the process of sterilization in the hospital including the office of director of the hospital and the rest of the rooms department only, while not sterilize the rest of the vital facilities in the hospital, which is usually crowded with patients and were receiving reprimands from the staff of the hospital administration and health personnel if they put masks on their faces.

According to medical sources in the blue government hospital that the Minister of Health ran a dead conscience crisis, fearing for their season of tourism in Jordan, the income you earn in this country and the rights of our 'most precious'.


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This sounds familiar to what happened in the US.

Several people in a family died in early March in the DC area of MSRA Pneumonia and seasonal flu combo.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/lo...141560013.html

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Welcome 8bit. We have an extensive thread discussing the Maryland cases:

USA - 3 familial deaths, 2 hospitalized due to respiratory illness confirmed by Calvert County Health Dept Maryland - 4 test positive for Seasonal Influenza H3N2

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=183757

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Originally Posted by sharon sanders

Welcome 8bit. We have an extensive thread discussing the Maryland cases:

USA - 3 familial deaths, 2 hospitalized due to respiratory illness confirmed by Calvert County Health Dept Maryland - 4 test positive for Seasonal Influenza H3N2

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=183757

I'm sure you do. This site is very comprehensive. I was thinking that maybe we weren't connecting the dots regarding MSRA Pneumonia. I've never heard of such until recently.

Thanks again and for an excellent website!

Cheers,
8bit

[sharon sanders]

Thanks! We have a great team.

The Ministry of Health has denied H1N1pdm09 as a cause but there is no definitive diagnosis yet. Most recently he said this:

"..proved that it is not a virus or disease bacteria is by what they call a week-long medical condition or two accompanied by a rise in temperature..."

He indicated that nurses who are upset about a loss in the nurses union have "hyped" this event.

There are reported 2 dead.

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This may report the discharge of some cases we weren't even aware of:

http://www.karamanews.com/more-16241...clean_title%7D

Date: 24/04/2012 Time: 05:02 pm Healing all people with the mysterious blue
Dignity - The Director of the Prince Hamzah Hospital, Dr. Ali Hayasat out 5 cases of patients with pneumonia (mysterious) of the isolation section and section 8 of the inner two cases, most recently as Tuesday morning, Prince Hamzah Hospital denied the occurrence of any new deaths

Among respiratory diseases specialist at the hospital, Dr. Wael Al-Ali and the supervisor of the pneumonia cases there was only one injury and placed in an isolation ward in stable condition.



For his part, said hospital director Dr. Ali Hayasat isolation section readiness to receive any emergency pulmonary disease, and to take precautionary measures.

He also denied the hospital's director of government blue "Hawooz" Dr. Marwan Habashneh learn of the death of any of those infected, only a nurse emotions Balawi, who died Thursday.

And all those who have fallen ill from mysterious are the cadres of hospital nurse's brother, except Hawooz Balawi, which deals with the Islamic Hospital in Amman.

Habashneh said that all medical personnel who were wounded, hospital blue left Prince Hamzah Hospital after receiving treatment and the entire operation or treatment and the disappearance of symptoms and return them to their shift in the usual hospital.


Regarding the situation of the patient Balawi resident in the Islamic Hospital, said hospital spokesman for Lashkar-e-Bilal that he left the hospital today, a good condition.

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Severe respiratory disease of unknown origin – Jordan

opening date: 26 April 2012 Latest update: 27 April 2012

Epidemiological summary

An outbreak of a

respiratory illness was reported by media in an ICU unit in a hospital in Zarqa, Jordan. Seven nurses, a doctor

and a family member of one of the nurses, were infected with the disease that is believed to be pneumonia. One of the nurses

died. According to unconfirmed

media reports there are additional cases and fatalities.

ECDC assessment

ECDC is following this event due to its severity including one fatality and the unusualness of the disease affecting health care

staff. These cases drew high media attention this week.

Actions

ECDC contacted both Episouth, WHO and US CDC for further information. Both WHO and US CDC are following this event

http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/CDTR%20online%20version%2027%20April%202012.pdf

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Originally Posted by Treyfish

Severe respiratory disease of unknown origin – Jordan

opening date: 26 April 2012 Latest update: 27 April 2012

Epidemiological summary

An outbreak of a

respiratory illness was reported by media in an ICU unit in a hospital in Zarqa, Jordan. Seven nurses, a doctor

and a family member of one of the nurses, were infected with the disease that is believed to be pneumonia. One of the nurses

died. According to unconfirmed

media reports there are additional cases and fatalities.

ECDC assessment

ECDC is following this event due to its severity including one fatality and the unusualness of the disease affecting health care

staff. These cases drew high media attention this week.

Actions

ECDC contacted both Episouth, WHO and US CDC for further information. Both WHO and US CDC are following this event

http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/CDTR%20online%20version%2027%20April%202012.pdf

That post is a testament to all the hard work we are all doing here. Someone is paying attention. Very few other sources in English have been covering this story besides FluTrackers.

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Health "between the disease is mysterious and ambiguous position

28/04/2012 06:55:00


I am reminded of memory when the first case was detected infected with "swine flu" in Jordan, then contacted the Minister of Health in the middle of the night, and asked me to amble to complete the "red tape" ..

Because the news in our standards a double edged sword, I waited until the morning hours the next waiting for conclusive answer, but without result, then we had to publish news brief, and then after less than 48 hours the local and international news talking about the injuries of swine flu spread in Jordan, and was Ministry of Health then a big role in educating citizens after the recognition that there is a "pandemic", and although the results of the protective measures were very important in such circumstances.

Today, after twenty days on a case of "mysterious disease" and this description to the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdul Latif Alorikat, we are still "strike Moundl and open the cup" in an attempt to discover what that hit the nursing staff in a hospital in the blue government, until it reached the number to 11 is infected by the Minister, and the death of one of the nurses infected with HIV before being transported to her brother, is left after this time to wait, and how to address the disease was not detected so far, and whether treatments are only for being a pilot?

The problem is that the Minister of Health, a physician erudite and responsible successful, was the head of the medical establishment strict military, convey reproach, "the World Health Organization," the Jordanian press, because it made the "molehills," as he described to the House of Representatives, and then can not find an answer to happen under his supervision, and here we have to ask:

Why did not you state the ministry immediately after the discovery of the disease or a few days later, and why the press is to announce the news, and are given the Ministry of Health satisfactory answers by the Minister or one of its officials about the nature of the disease, or what are the quick actions will show the results of laboratory tests for this disease, which led Within days of the death of a nurse in a hospital ministry?

Are you waiting for, "World Health" and the Ministry of Health of the press that it shares "clapotement" to develop a serious threat to the lives of citizens, without understanding what is happening, then that the news of science have not traded this news only from a few days, where the entire government for this situation which may be caused by very simple, and may be more serious than we expect.

Here I do not want to publish panic in the community, but duty-bound we have to Nkashif public opinion that "the Ministry of Health" are simply unable to detect the disease, which moved from a government hospital, to a private hospital after the transfer of "GP patient" to him, and the hospital reticent to causes private, controlled with Prince Hamzah Hospital on the status of the remaining cases that have moved him because he has a special isolation rooms, where gift-governmental organizations to deal with this mysterious disease, or even the discovery of his identity, at least?!

We tried yesterday and after the press conference the Minister of Health, to understand what's going on, but to no avail, so I had to investigate the case of death, I knew that the deceased God rest her soul has not been dissected her body in an attempt to search for the causes of the disease, and dissection of science not only by order of the Prosecutor, Because the death was considered satisfactory normal has not been an autopsy, despite the dissenting opinion in some health physicians, an autopsy to find out the disease, we do not know whether we understand and care about more than "government" I am confident that the answer is no, of course, but what are the reasons and what are the concerns?

Jordan has the best and most prestigious medical and laboratory equipment in the public and private sectors, and for this we ask why we're late even now in the detection of causes, which lead us to propose to take samples from patients in the "private jet" to the most important centers of medical research globally and at the expense of the government, because the knowledge of the causes and detection Any ambiguity global health situation and Jordan is not alone.

The Whisper in ear Minister "should be reconsidered in hygiene in the hospitals of the Ministry, it is not reasonable to turn hospitals respectable semi-stables livestock, and containers to containers slaughterhouses municipalities, it appears that disinfectants and detergents have not borne fruit in hospital blue, who detonated a bomb mysterious disease" .


Mysterious disease is a "disability" and the authorities to intervene immediately, and to medical services that put her hand on the three hospitals so far, "the blue and Hamza, the Muslim," There is no longer room for courtesy and equivocating, procedures in the civilian sector is still "Dla" still Visitors mingle with patients , and the disease is transmitted by breathing, and the procedure must be strictly firm. http://aldarbnews.com/8/12312.html

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This story has suddenly gotten very quiet....

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Symposium: Hospital blue between truth and mystery
AmmanNet
30/04/2012


Establish the Commission on young doctors in the Medical Association Medical Seminar on Tuesday evening entitled: (blue hospital between truth and mystery) Scientific Forum at the headquarters of the social union.

Speaking at the seminar Director of Communicable Diseases in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mohammed Al Abdallat and Chairman Department of Medicine at Jordan University Hospital, Dr. Nazir slaves, in addition to specialist infectious and communicable diseases in a hospital in Jordan, Dr. Montaser Belbeisi.

The symposium in the context of the talk recently about the government and the blue hospital infection in it and to develop scientific and medical explanation about it. Viewed with the latest actions taken by the Ministry of Health.

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A denial of the second fatality:

http://www.almuharrir.net/component/...-19-46-56.html

Health denies reports of the death of a doctor ill with pneumonia
Saturday, April 28, 2012 19:46 Jordanian 0.12345 (0 ratings)
Editor - The director of primary care d. Bassam Hijjawi not record any new cases of pneumococcal disease [translation issue? - alert] in a hospital in the blue over the past days, stressing that the cases are recorded only 11 cases.
He denied any new deaths, especially after the circulation of information on some websites about the death of a doctor working in hospital blue transfer for treatment in hospital, Prince Hamzah, stressing also the non-registration of any situation or even the presence or suspected cases.
He said to cure all cases which were hit during the last week, saying the ministry continued their proceedings preventive precaution, explaining that the death was the only nurse of the deceased Balawi emotions.
He said the injuries were limited to a specific place, pointing out that the rumors Holt of the risk of these cases.
He said the ministry has been treating patients according to scientific protocols used and this is what was confirmed in all health sectors in Jordan has been formed teams to monitor the epidemic and the implementation of field visits and follow-up to the day hospital setting under active monitoring.
He added that the ministry is working on a follow-up health status of the cadres of health through a survey Aumie and program shifts to the cadres of the Directorate of communicable diseases and the departments concerned to find out the epidemiological situation and complete the procedures for the survey as well as the emphasis on measures to control infection in the hospital the other related to the hospital in the blue government.
And it was emphasized to all personnel working in the hospital need attention to hand hygiene and use of personal protection as well as disinfectants and detergents in the right way and through the direct supervision of the department of infection control at the Directorate of communicable diseases with the participation of national experts, as is the case in the Ministry of Health.

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Hat-tip Treyfish.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/Local/News...6&CategoryID=5

Localities


"Health" Jordan explains the fact that the killer epidemic


Hamad Al-Hajri

Oman: Abdullah Alkhder 2012-05-02 2:23 AM

Acting revealed the Saudi Embassy in Jordan Minister Dr. Hamad Al-Hajri Commissioner's "home" yesterday that the embassy contacted the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Health of Jordan, Dr. Daifallah Lozi, on a disease that appeared in the Jordan, and reported in the media. The Lozi that the disease is a severe pneumonia was hit by a nurse in a hospital in Zarqa and died. The medical team were also wounded, who oversaw the treatment, were transferred to Prince Hamza Hospital of the reserve, and the possibility of quarantine, and was healing everyone, and thank God.
He added that the Lozi-Hajri said that the country clean of any epidemic, adding that the embassy was keen to make sure that there is no epidemic of students to reassure their children living in Jordan and Saudi tourists.
On the other hand, Al-Hajri be denied what he suffered some Saudi citizens from attacks, a sign that the Saudi citizen in Jordan target, considering what happened just individual cases do not constitute a phenomenon. He attributed the majority of these incidents to the presence of some Saudi citizens in the place and the time is right, asserting that the subject of interest to Jordanian leadership, which refuses the occurrence of such attacks on Saudi citizens. He has also been submitted and the Jordanian Foreign Minister officially apologized on behalf of the King of Jordan. He also explained Hajri that the embassy address all the notes to the Department of Public Saudi nationals for the department to his work in the required manner towards Saudi nationals give effect to the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, stressing that it will increase the staff of the department and transfer their headquarters to be near the embassy building, to facilitate the provision of services to citizens and supervision.

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Hat-tip Treyfish.

http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.a...3_id411070.htm

Seminar stresses need to adhere to medical procedures for infection control in hospitals

Amman - The Constitution

Participants in the symposium hosted by the Physicians Committee Youth Medical Association entitled (hospital blue between truth and mystery), that security national health of the nation and its people is the responsibility of all health institutions in the country and the responsibility to intensify joint efforts to face any crisis similar to what happened in hospital blue.

The Director of Communicable Diseases in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mohammed Al Abdallat on the subject of injuries that have occurred in a hospital in the blue government, which resulted in the injury of a number of medical staff pneumonia, stressing that since the report section of diseases communicable to start wounding some of the medical staff has to take proactive measures to control the disease With its spread.

The Abdallat a detailed description of the curve epidemiology of the disease, indicating that a pandemic is limited in a limited area and that he did not register any similar case in any other place of the governorates of the Kingdom.

And the number of injuries indicated that the number of cases was installed (11) of which 10 cases were cured and the state of one death, denying rumors that were circulating about the death of the other cases.


For his part, expressed Consultant Respiratory and Chairman Department of Medicine at Jordan University Hospital, Dr. Nazir slaves believed that there are similar cases have been diagnosed as a case of pneumonia was admitted to other hospitals was not considered relevant epidemic because the number of such cases was not far from the rate of infections pulmonary known.

For his part, Dr. Montaser Belbeisi, microbial infections specialist and head of internal diseases in a hospital in Jordan, said the frequent use of antibiotics without censorship is one of the reasons for the resistance of some bacteria to these treatments may lead to failure.

The decision of the Committee, Dr. Muzaffar Jalameda stressed that the goal of this seminar is to show the scientific truth of the subject.
التاريخ : 03-05-2012 Date: 03/05/2012

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Hat-tip Treyfish again:

http://www.factjo.com/pages/newsdetails.aspx?id=17061

Specialists: "blue disease" epidemic has limited control



Blue State Hospital





The consensus among physicians in the science of internal medicine that is what happened from the conditions in the government hospital is a blue and B in a limited place was limited to control and circumscribe the full and does not constitute a danger.



They stressed at a seminar organized by the Physicians Committee for Youth in the Doctors' Union entitled (blue hospital between truth and uncertainty) that the total number of cases that were hit by the epidemic Limited (inflammation of the lung) was 11 cases had an average of 10 cases and a severe case died as a result.



And indicated that it was to control the disease and circumscribe fully considered that they were in the blue should be an incentive to comply with infection control.



He confirmed the decision of the Commission in young doctors, Dr. Muzaffar Medical Association Jalameda The goal of this seminar is to show the scientific truth of this subject, which became the main concern of the media and the talk of the street these days



And it has become fertile ground for many of the rumors and speculation and fears and tensions that have become the media waves going in search of a safe beach tells the thirst to hear the logic of medical science explains what happened and is happening.



For his part, director of communicable diseases at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mohammed Al Abdallat that the injuries that have occurred in a hospital in the blue government, which resulted in the injury of a number of medical staff in hospital blue government pneumonia have been dealt with professionally and was taking measures proactive to control the disease and with its spread.



And it has been to survey suspected cases among staff and their contacts in addition to practical training day for staff to wash hands and wear a means of personal protection the direct supervision of the department of infection control and experts on the application procedures for infection control and cleaning and disinfection of surfaces and floors in ICU, CCU focus on hand washing and took swabs from surfaces, flooring and tools in the environment of patients.



He pointed out that it was the participation of experts in infectious diseases and follow-up bra and supervising the treatment of infected cases of the disease in hospital blue.



The Abdallat a detailed description of the curve and the epidemiology of the disease that is epidemic in the region of Mahddodh limited and confined only to the medical staff in hospital departments blue one and it did not register any similar case in any other place of the governorates of the Kingdom.



He emphasized that the Ministry of Health, through its divisions competent conducted the entire lab tests and x-ray and tissue culture were all negative results, adding that the ministry has collaborated with teams of medical services and King Hussein Cancer Center and the perceived Almellk founder and Center Princess Haya and Bas hospitals from the private sector.



And the number of injuries indicated that the number of cases was installed (11) of these cases were cured 10 cases and deaths and one denying a lot of rumors that were circulating about the death of another.



In turn, pointed Consultant Respiratory and Chairman Department of Medicine at Jordan University Hospital, Dr. Nazir slaves to what happened in a hospital in blue is an increase in the number of cases of pneumonia (pneumonia) for a certain period and the number of cases is 11 cases that fall under the definition of epidemiology.



He added that most of the cases were mostly mild except for one case was a severe pneumonia, led to a sharp drop breathing and then her death and was the only death.



He expressed his slaves Aatguetadeh that there are similar cases have been diagnosed as a case of pneumonia was admitted to other hospitals was not considered relevant because of the epidemic and that the number of these cases was not far from the rate of pneumonia known.



In the view of slaves that the number of cases that were hit had receded but that does not mean non-compliance with infection control procedures, but that what happened in the blue should be an incentive to comply with infection control.



For his part, Dr. Al Montaser Belbeisi, microbial infections specialist and head of internal diseases in a hospital in Jordan lung infections in hospitals and how they occur and their causes, diagnosis and methods of treatment and prevention.



And said that the frequent use of antibiotics without censorship is one of the reasons for the resistance of some bacteria to these treatments may result in the failure. He also stressed the need to promote full compliance by medical staff and visitors of the means of preventing infection and the provision of expertise and specialists, and tools to prevent infection of the masks and isolation rooms in hospitals and to hold violators.





Source: Fact International - Opinion
5/3/2012 1:15:43 AM

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Jordan unknown disease still has not been identified



Hospital Blue: the return of the proportion of auditors to their normal daily

04/05/2012 at pm 10:30 (GMT +2)

Citizens are reviewing emergency department in a hospital in the blue of the first government on Wednesday - (Photo: Osama Rifai)

• Blue - eased "phobia" infection "pandemic" blue between blue state auditors hospital after their return gradually over the past days to review the various clinics and departments, after weeks of failure to do so for fear of taking infection disease, "mysterious".According to hospital director Dr. Marwan Iqbal Habashneh the patients to the hospital returned to normal day to various sections of the hospital.
  Habashneh and that "the competent staff at the hospital ended the sterilization process more than once, he did not register new cases confirmed or suspected.
  The sense of panic dominated the past few weeks to many people in the province of the blue due to the clarity of the type of "virus", which appeared last month in the hospital, and left one death and 11 injured.

The panic seemed to clear erode the Board of the hospital clinics for the benefit of the private sector because of their fear of hospitalization, while the concerns of citizens emerged dramatically in the streets, who have used the masks in the areas surrounding the hospital and in the alleys and narrow streets and public places and private markets.
Also caused the panic, which found no explanation of "convincing" for many citizens to cancel many of the patients to hospital appointments in blue and some other hospitals and primary health centers and comprehensive. And Prince Faisal Hospital has seen the government in the District of sidewalk up numbers reviewers and a rise of more than 20%, according to its director, Dr. Talal slaves because of the fear of some of the reviewers go to the hospital blue.

However, the source of medical reviewers refer back to the hospital to the lack of alternatives for patients who did not find seemed to check out the blue hospital either for their economic conditions or the lack of another hospital.
He added that the hospital most of the auditors are unable to conduct laboratory tests or X-ray clinic or visit a private doctor.
According to official studies, lives a quarter of the province of blue below the poverty line, while the province has four pockets of poverty within the upper limits of the Ad-(52.2%), pyrene (42.3%), blue (40.3%), Jordan (29%).

Has reached the population density in the province to 205 persons / km 2, the highest in the Kingdom, estimated population density of 60 persons / km 2, while the population is distributed to 52 urban areas with the most important of Reed City and the sidewalk, and a proportion of the population in urban areas 96% of the proportion of population of the province's 900 thousand people.
The hospital was closed during the blue last month temporarily sections of intensive care and intensive twice because of an injury Mredihama mysterious virus, and that is a precaution and to carry out disinfection and sterilization in them, then re-opened,.
And the number of workers in a hospital in the blue government refrained from carrying out their duties after a steady drumbeat of news about the death of their colleague nurse Balawi emotions, which was hit by the epidemic, according to medical sources at the hospital.
The sources confirmed that a state of fear Antapt hospital staff and reviewers at the announcement of the death of one of the injured, the center of strong interest to wear protectors medical as a precaution to prevent infection.
He was 9 of the blue hospital staff had recovered fully and left the Prince Hamzah Hospital after receiving treatment following the injury to "the unknown disease. .. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ar%7Cen&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.alghad.com/index.php/article2/548477/%25D9%2585%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25D8%25B4%25D9%2581 %25D9%2589-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B2%25D8%25B1%25D9%2582 %25D8%25A7%25D8%25A1-%25D8%25B9%25D9%2588%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587-%25D9%2586%25D8%25B3%25D8%25A8%25D9%2587-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7 %25D8%25AC%25D8%25B9%25D9%258A%25D9%2586-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%258A%25D9%2588%25D9%2585 %25D9%258A%25D9%2587-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2589-%25D9%2585%25D8%25B9%25D8%25AF%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7 %25D8%25AA%25D9%2587%25D8%25A7-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A8%25D9%258A %25D8%25B9%25D9%258A%25D9%2587.html&usg=ALkJrhj6J00t6BbkbrnB1p8PWmUSRh

[Treyfish]

Severe respiratory disease of unknown origin – Jordan - Outbreak in ICU

An outbreak of a respiratory illness was reported on 19 April 2012 by the Ministry of Health in Jordan in an intensive care unit in

a hospital in Zarqa. Seven nurses and one doctor were among the 11 affected. One of the nurses died. The cause of this

outbreak remains unknown to date.

Opening date: 26 April 2012 Latest update: 3 May 2012

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Update of the week

No additional cases detected this week.
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publication...May%202012.pdf

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This is two weeks old, but I just found it today. It might be a report of a case we were not previously aware of, as the hospital and timing do not appear to match any previous report in this thread:

http://www.assabeel.net/important-to...%88%D9%84.html

Predicted the death of'' Amjad'' because of his unknown virus. Thursday, April 26, 2012 22:40 ..

Way - Ahmed and Khalil Qandil Barqawi



Denied the Department of Health and there is no relationship between the death of young Ashrana yesterday in a hospital Princess Hamza was suffering a disease in the membranes of the heart, and "virus unknown" that caused severe pneumonia to a number of cadres of hospital blue state, resulting in the death of nurse emotions Balawi.

The Director of Primary Health Care Department at the Ministry Bassam Hijjawi for "the way" on Thursday, said the cause of death of the young man transferred from the hospital blue state a condition to attack Hamza Hospital, due to a bug hit the heart membranes.

The conversion of the deceased young Prince Hamza Hospital before the discovery of "unknown virus" in the blue government hospital.

But with the young deceased Amjad Akram livelihood leading to "the way" paper Marwsh of Prince Hamzah Hospital says "Enter the (young) to the hospital on 15/4 adapter from the hospital blue and he was suffering from symptoms of pneumonia and inflammation of the heart muscle (the membrane and muscle) and given the late necessary treatment and samples were taken for diagnosis with the possibility of a viral infection or pulmonary TB, and began treatment based on it. and go to Allah's mercy pm Wednesday, 25.04. "

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In light of the discovery of a novel coronavirus in neighboring Saudi Arabia (http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=192872), ProMED has issued the following post today.

Even if the outbreak is not due to the coronavirus, perhaps someone will reply to ProMED with the actual diagnosis in this outbreak:

Published Date: 2012-09-25 09:53:20
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus - Saudi Arabia (04): RFI, Jordan, April 2012
Archive Number: 20120925.1308001

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS - SAUDI ARABIA (04): REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, JORDAN, APRIL 2012
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A ProMED-mail post
http://www.promedmail.org
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org

Date: Sun 23 Sep 2012
From: Irene Lai [edited]


I would be interested to know whether the outbreak of severe respiratory disease of unknown origin in Jordan in April [2012] is now being reviewed for evidence of this new coronavirus.

The HPA UK reports (http://www.hpa.org.uk/NewsCentre/Nat...essidentified/) seem to indicate that the cases under review were only those that occurred since July [2012]. "We are also aware of a small number of other cases of serious respiratory illness in the Middle East in the past 3 months."

This ECDC report from May [2012] (http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publication...y%202012.pdf):
Severe respiratory disease of unknown origin - Jordan - Outbreak in ICU
Opening date: [26 Apr 2012] Latest update: 3 May 2012

Epidemiological summary
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An outbreak of a respiratory illness was reported on [19 Apr 2012] by the Ministry of Health in an intensive care unit in a hospital in Zarqa, Jordan. 7 nurses and one doctor were among the 11 affected. One of the nurses died. Jordan's Ministry of Health acknowledges the fatal case specifying she had underlying conditions and all cases had high fever and lower respiratory symptoms. According to the Ministry, the origin of the infection is likely to be viral. However, laboratory results are not available to date.

ECDC assessment
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ECDC is following this event due to its severity including one fatality and the unusualness of the disease affecting healthcare staff. These cases drew high media attention this week [week of 3 May 2012].

Actions
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ECDC contacted both Episouth, WHO, and US CDC for further information. Both WHO and US CDC are following this event.

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Communicated by:
Irene Lai MD
Medical Director
Medical Information and Analysis
International SOS
Level 3, 45 Clarence Street
Sydney NSW 2000


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[2]
Date: Sun 22 Apr 2012
Source: Jordan Times [edited]
http://jordantimes.com/Infectious+di...+Wreikat-47253


Emergency team searching for cause of unidentified illness
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The disease that broke out in the Intensive Care Unit of Zarqa Public Hospital late last week [week of 19 Apr 2012] has not yet been identified, but the outbreak is under control, Minster of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat said on Sunday [22 Apr 2012].

The ministry on Friday [20 Apr 2012] closed the hospital's ICU after an unknown illness believed to be pneumonia affected 7 nurses, one of whom died on Thursday [19 Apr 2012], one doctor, and the brother of one of the nurses.

The minister said that so far, only 11 people have been confirmed infected with the disease, 4 of whom are receiving treatment and responding positively to medication, while 6 others have already been discharged from the hospital.

The ministry has set up an emergency team from its Communicable Diseases Directorate to investigate the cause of the illness, he said.

"The ministry's team took samples from the infected citizens, who also underwent intensive care measures to identify the cause," Wreikat told reporters at a press conference on Sunday [22 Apr 2012], noting that the infected patients' symptoms are similar to those of pneumonia.

The minister, who visited the Zarqa hospital on Saturday [21 Apr 2012], said the ministry has confirmed that the outbreak has been brought under control and that the infected individuals are not in danger of spreading the disease to others.

Meanwhile, the minister said, the hospital has been sterilised 3 times over the past 3 days as a precautionary measure, while its employees have received a short, intensive training course on preventing the disease from spreading.

He also urged the media to be cautious and objective in reporting on the outbreak.

[Byline: Hani Hazaimeh]

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail


[ProMED-mail would like to thank Dr Lai for raising this very astute query and for alerting us to this prior report of an earlier outbreak of severe respiratory disease in the region. This moderator has checked the WHO archives and the ProMED-mail archives and could not find reports on the above mentioned outbreak. The ECDC report is the only formal report on this outbreak. A retrospective search of HealthMap Alerts from 2 Apr 2012 through 25 Apr 2012 looking for reports of pneumonia outbreaks that might be related to this current event only identified a report on the above mentioned outbreak in Jordan in April 2012.

There are a series of newswire reports in the Jordanian Times on this event at the time of the outbreak -- the report above in [2] is a comprehensive discussion of the event. Another report the preceding day (21 Apr 2012) highlighted the fact that after the 1st severe case, staff were not using adequate infection control measures, especially an absence of use of masks (see http://jordantimes.com/zarqa-hospita...from-infection). From these reports, it appears as though the outbreak in Jordan was a nosocomial outbreak involving healthcare personnel working in an ICU where presumably a patient with a severe pneumonia had been hospitalized -- quite possibly related to deficiencies in respiratory infection control measures.

It would be of interest to know if the etiology of the outbreak was ever identified, along with more information on the epidemiologic studies conducted at the time. Information on the index case in that outbreak would be of interest as well. - Mod.MPP]

[Ronan Kelly]

Richard Knox, Health and Science correspondent with NPR has tweeted the following;

Richard Knox ‏@DickKnox
WHO tells me that new #coronavirus has been ruled out as cause of Jordan cluster of resp disease last spring.
https://twitter.com/DickKnox

[Treyfish]

Well did the WHO tell him what it was?

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There are actually two different ways WHO could know that, each with different consequences for the change of finding a diagnosis in this outbreak:

1. Someone sitll has samples from this outbreak, and just ran a test for the new coronavirus, and it came back negative. If that is the case, then as Treyfish pointed out, we might still get a diagnosis of some other illness by continued examination of the samples.

2. The test that ruled out SARS in April was actually a pancoronavirus tst, as was performed in Saudi Arabia on the initial coronavirus patient in June. The WHO is now just interpreting that negative result to exclude the novel coronavirus as well. If that is the case, this outbreak will remain permanently undiagnosed.

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From the moderator comments on today's ProMED post, raising the hope that someone will email ProMED with a diagnosis:

http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php...121019.1353615

At present there are ongoing serosurveys being implemented to attempt to determine the possible background prevalence of antibodies to this novel coronavirus. We eagerly await the results of these studies.



In an earlier post on this novel coronavirus, Dr. Irene Lai mentioned a report on an outbreak of an as yet undiagnosed severe respiratory disease among health care workers in Jordan. The outbreak involved 11 cases including 7 nurses and 1 physician from an ICU (intensive care unit) in a hospital. There was one death associated with this outbreak. ProMED-mail had requested more information from knowledgeable sources on that outbreak. If that outbreak still remains "undiagnosed," it would be interesting to know results of serology for the novel coronavirus among the affected individuals. - Mod.MPP

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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/con...912corona.html

[snip]

The report also raises the possibility—which has been mentioned before—that a cluster of unexplained respiratory illnesses in a Jordanian hospital ICU in April of this year might have been related to the novel virus.

"Still to be identified is the agent responsible for 11 cases of severe respiratory disease at an ICU in Zarqa, Jordan," it says. "The report by the Jordanian Minister of Health on April 17, 2012, noted that 8 cases were members of the healthcare staff."

In a report in May, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said one nurse died in the Jordanian outbreak and that all the patients had high fever and lower respiratory symptoms. Jordanian health officials thought the outbreak was caused by a virus, but no lab results were available at the time.

British officials mentioned the Jordanian outbreak in an Oct 4 Eurosurveillance report on the Qatari patient treated in London for a coronavirus infection, but they said only that more information was needed.

In response to a CIDRAP News query today, a WHO spokesperson said the agency had no new information on the Jordanian outbreak but was hoping to get something soon.

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Unbelievable. Novel coronavirus confirmed:

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_11_30/en/index.html

Novel coronavirus infection - update
30 November 2012 - In addition to the fatal case of novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia reported to WHO on 28 November, two fatal cases in Jordan have been reported to WHO today, bringing the total of laboratory-confirmed cases to nine.

The latest confirmed case from Saudi Arabia occurred in October 2012 and is from the family cluster of the two cases confirmed earlier.

The two cases from Jordan occurred in April 2012. At that time, a number of severe pneumonia cases occurred in the country and the Ministry of Health (MOH) Jordan promptly requested a WHO Collaborating Centre for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (NAMRU – 3) team to immediately assist in the laboratory investigation. The NAMRU-3 team went to Jordan and tested samples from this cluster of cases.

On 24 April 2012 the NAMRU-3 team informed the MOH that all samples had tested negative for known coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses. As the novel coronavirus had not yet been discovered, no specific tests for it were available.

In October 2012, after the discovery of the novel coronavirus, stored samples were sent by MOH Jordan to NAMRU-3. In November 2012 NAMRU-3 provided laboratory results that confirmed two cases of infection with the novel coronavirus.

The MOH Jordan has requested WHO assistance in investigating these infections. A mission from WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) and headquarters arrived in Amman on 28 November 2012 to assist in further epidemiological surveillance and to strengthen the sentinel surveillance systems for severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs).

In summary, to date a total of nine laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with the novel coronavirus have been reported to WHO – five cases (including 3 deaths) from Saudi Arabia, two cases from Qatar and two cases (both fatal) from Jordan.

[Giuseppe Michieli]

[Source: World Health Organization, full page: (LINK). Edited.]

Background and summary of novel coronavirus infection – as of 30 November 2012



Over the past two months, WHO has received reports of nine cases of human infection with a novel coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses; different members of this family cause illness in humans and animals. In humans, these illnesses range from the common cold to infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS CoV).

Thus far, the cases reported have come from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. All patients were severely ill, and five have died.

The two Qatari patients are not linked. Both had severe pneumonia and acute renal failure. Both are now recovering.

A total of five confirmed cases have been reported from Saudi Arabia.

The first two are not linked to each other; one of these has died.

Three other confirmed cases are epidemiologically linked and occurred in one family living within the same household; two of these have died.

One additional family member in this household also became ill, with symptoms similar to those of the confirmed cases. This person has recovered and tested negative, by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, for the virus.

Two confirmed cases have been reported in Jordan. Both of these patients have died. These cases were discovered through testing of stored samples from a cluster of pneumonia cases that occurred in April 2012.

The two clusters (Saudi Arabia, Jordan) raise the possibility of limited human-to-human transmission or, alternatively, exposure to a common source. Ongoing investigation may or may not be able to distinguish between these possibilities.

The current understanding of this novel virus is that it can cause a severe, acute respiratory infection presenting as pneumonia. Acute renal failure has also occurred in five cases.

WHO recognizes that the emergence of a new coronavirus capable of causing severe disease raises concerns because of experience with SARS. Although this novel coronavirus is distantly related to the SARS CoV, they are different. Based on current information, it does not appear to transmit easily between people, unlike the SARS virus.

WHO has closely monitored the situation since detection of the first case and has been working with partners to ensure a high degree of preparedness should the new virus be found to be sufficiently transmissible to cause community outbreaks.

Some viruses are able to cause limited human-to-human transmission under condition of close contact, as occurs in families, but are not transmissible enough to cause larger community outbreaks.

Actions taken by WHO in coordination with national authorities and technical partners include the following:

• Investigations are ongoing to determine the likely source of infection and the route of exposure. Close contacts of confirmed cases are being identified and followed up.
• An interim surveillance recommendation has been updated to assist clinicians to determine which patients should undergo laboratory testing for the presence of novel coronavirus.
• Laboratory assays for the virus have been developed. Reagents and other materials for testing are available, as are protocols, algorithms and reference laboratory services. WHO has activated its laboratory network to assist in testing and other services. WHO has also issued preliminary guidance for laboratory biorisk management.
• Guidance is available for infection control.

Based on the current situation and available information:

• WHO encourages all Member States to continue their surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and to carefully review any unusual patterns.
• Further, testing for the new coronavirus of patients with unexplained pneumonias should be considered, especially in persons residing in or returning from the Arabian peninsula and neighboring countries. Any new cases should be promptly reported both to national health authorities and to WHO.
• In addition, any clusters of SARI or SARI in health care workers should be thoroughly investigated, regardless of where in the world they occur. These investigations will help determine whether the virus is distributed more widely in the human population beyond the three countries that have identified cases.
• WHO does not advise special screening at points of entry with regard to this event nor does it recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied.

WHO continues to work with Member States and international health partners to gain a better understanding of the novel coronavirus and the disease in humans and will continue to provide updated information. As the situation evolves, WHO will reassess its guidance and revise it accordingly.

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[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.globalmontreal.com/health...714/story.html

New coronavirus caused infections in Jordan in April, retrospective tests show
Helen Branswell, Friday, November 30, 2012 1:58 PM

TORONTO - The World Health Organization has reported two additional cases of infection with the new coronavirus, the earliest on record.

The agency says retrospective testing of stored samples show two people who died in Jordan in April were infected with the virus, which is from the same virus family as SARS...

...To date the case count is as follows: Jordan, two, both fatal; Saudi Arabia, five, three fatal and Qatar, two.

A report on the outbreak — noted in a weekly disease report from the European Centre for Disease Control in May — said seven nurses and a doctor were among 11 cases identified in the outbreak at a hospital in Zarqa, Jordan....