Confusing media reports: Jordanian man dies of Mers coronavirus infection

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A man has died in Jordan after being infected with the Mers virus, the Kingdom?s first fatality from the respiratory disease in more than a year, news reports said on Saturday.

Another man was reported to have died of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.

?Two men in their eighties have died in Jordan, one from the coronavirus Mers and the other from H1N1,? the daily Al Rai cited health ministry official Bassam Hajawi as saying.

It quoted him as saying the ministry had ?raised precautionary and alert levels across the Kingdom?.

Saudi Arabia is by far the worst affected country from Mers? Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ? accounting for 59 deaths out of 180 confirmed cases.

The death in Jordan was the country?s third, after two previous fatalities in 2012.

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[sharon sanders]

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machine translation

"Health" declares emergency


[2/8/2014 11:03:19 AM]
Ammon - Ministry of Health announced a state of emergency and raised the level of monitoring beware of viral (Koruna and swine flu) after recording two deaths new both diseases last week.

confirmed director of health care at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Bassam Hijjawi in comments carried by the "opinion" that the viral Koruna and swine flu rife environment Jordanian After the two deaths last two to two young Ppalarbaan old one CZK and the second swine flu, which made the ministry raises the levels of caution and monitoring their monitoring in all regions of the Kingdom. warned Hijjawi of dangerous diseases, especially after he had informed the World Health Organization, Doctors in Egypt died from the transmission of flu Swine them to mix with cases of infected treated her. , the Ministry of Health has informed the World Health Organization the return of patients (Koruna and swine flu) to the Kingdom. Regarding the procedures of the Ministry of Health said Hijjawi: teams ministry has examined 100 people who Khalthm or deal with them infected through illness , noting that the majority of those who were examined health staff that had contact and treated the injured. said that the results of analyzes of all samples of the cases examined were negative \ is infected stressing Hijjawi the laboratories of the Ministry of Health are eligible to hold disclosure of viral (Koruna and swine flu) and is available to have all Reagents that determine the nature of the virus. said Hijjawi that the ministry was unable to determine the method of transmission of infection to the case of a person with CZK likely he suffered an infection of the virus when he was out of the country two months before the onset of symptoms it where injured symptoms satisfactory in its respiratory system and took much, which enter the on the track to the hospital and that he was suffering from leukemia blood and weakness in the immune system has a calf in his death.

Regarding the situation of the second died of swine flu, said: Hijjawi that the number of people who found positive for swine flu during the winter season this was (25) injury received treatment and recovered fully, but the case of the deceased at a private hospital at the age of 46-year-old owner of suffering flu-history of the disease earlier, where he was suffering from a stroke attack earlier, which helped to accelerate his death after the development of the disease has rapidly. said Hijjawi that swine flu is no longer dangerous because of the availability of treatments needed its own in addition to having a vaccine anti-virus, and the World Health Organization has been classified within the respiratory diseases seasonal frequently infection by this time of the year. said the virus Koruna remains uncertain and there is no cure or vaccine so far and its symptoms close to the SARS killer who discovered ten years ago, stressing that the fear of the World Health Organization that the spread Koruna in the form of an epidemic and infect him from one person to another, which is difficult to control or cure it. said Hijjawi that the number of infections Koruna world reached (181 ) injury, mostly found in the Gulf states, and the number who Tofu result Koruna reached (79) injury, including (3) cases in Jordan. confirmed Dr Hijjawi that the regulations do not prevent travel between the countries that discovered the corona and the World Health Organization guidelines do not prevent movement between States which have discovered where patients krona and the swine flu so it falls to the health systems at borders, airports brunt of the reporting and suspicion about any cases against them are similar to the symptoms of these diseases and reporting. advised Dr Hijjawi anyone much symptoms of respiratory illness, and if these symptoms become resistant to drugs Pharmaceuticals antipyrine van on the infected these symptoms that reviews the nearest hospital for him. said in this regard that the Ministry of Health circulated to all doctors caution and early detection of the symptoms of patients with coronavirus and swine flu and reporting them, stressing that the Ministry of Health did the teams active monitoring of epidemics to detect diseases until the end of the current winter season. confirmed that the ministry has begun to organize courses and workshops for doctors and nurses to be trained on how to detect and monitoring patients Koruna and swine flu and dealing with them.

http://www.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=182373

[sharon sanders]

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I don't know if this is the case reported last week or a new case. Some of the facts match but the ages do not.

#184 - Man, 48, onset date December 31, hospitalized January 9, died January 23 - Jordan Death

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetail...47&Language=en

Two deaths in Jordan due to coronavirus, H1N1
08/02/2014 | 01:27 PM | Arab News
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AMMAN, Feb 8 (KUNA) -- The coronavirus and H1N1 led to the death of two Jordanians, said a statement by the Jordanian Health Ministry on Saturday.
Head of healthcare at the Health Ministry Dr. Bassam Hajjaweh told the press that the two Jordanians were transferred to hospitals last week with one contracting the coronavirus and the other the H1N1 flu.
He indicated that the Health Ministry could not identify how the two contracted the viruses...

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-0...ers-virus.html

February 8, 2014
Jordanian dies of MERS virus

A man has died in Jordan after being infected with the MERS virus, the kingdom's first fatality from the respiratory disease in more than a year, news reports said Saturday.

Another man was reported to have died of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.

"Two men in their eighties have died in Jordan, one from the coronavirus MERS and the other from H1N1," the daily Al-Rai cited health ministry official Bassam Hajawi as saying.

It quoted him as saying the ministry had "raised precautionary and alert levels across the kingdom"...

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://jordantimes.com/authorities-o...eaths-reported

Authorities on alert as MERS, H1N1 related deaths reported
by Khetam Malkawi | Feb 08, 2014 | 23:41


AMMAN — The Ministry of Health has raised alert levels across the Kingdom following the death of two Jordanians infected with MERS coronavirus and H1N1, a ministry official said on Saturday.

Bassam Hijjawi, head of the ministry’s primary healthcare directorate, said the coronavirus-related death is the third in the country, as two cases were registered in 2012.

“The case is of a man who already had leukaemia, and he died at the King Hussein Cancer Centre,” Hijjawi told The Jordan Times over the phone, adding that currently, there are no other patients diagnosed with the disease in the country’s hospitals, but “we will stay alert”..."