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News Scan for Mar 02, 2020
Seven Saudi MERS cases; Polio in Pakistan, Africa
Filed Under:
MERS-CoV; Polio
[h=3]Saudi health ministry reports 7 more MERS cases[/h] Over the weekend and through today, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 7 new MERS-CoV cases: 5 in Riyadh, 1 in Taif, and 1 in Mecca. The new cases bring the February case tally to 18 and the March tally to 1.
The Riyadh MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases involve men aged 73, 60, 56, 52, and 38 years old. The case in Taif involves a 53-year-old man, and the Mecca case involves a 56-year-old man.
All exposures are listed as primary, meaning the patients are unlikely to have contracted the virus from another person. The MOH said that none of the infected patients were healthcare workers and that only one had reported contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS. The remaining patients' exposure to camels is unknown.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe illness and death. The virus can transmit between humans but has done so mainly in healthcare settings, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
As of Jan 31, 2020, the WHO said that it had received reports of 2,519 laboratory-confirmed MERS infections, including 866 associated deaths. The vast majority of these cases occurred in Saudi Arabia.
The WHO said that it expects more cases of MERS-CoV to be reported from the Middle East and that it will spread to other countries by people infected through exposure to camels, animal products such as raw camel's milk, or other humans.
Mar 2 Saudi MOH report
Feb 29 Saudi MOH report
[h=3]Eleven new polio cases reported in Pakistan and Africa[/h] Two cases of wild polio virus type 1 (WPV1) infection in Pakistan's Punjab province and nine cases of circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) in West Africa were reported the week of Feb 26, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
The African cVDPV2 cases occurred in Benin's Plateau province (1 case), Ghana's Bono province (3) and Bono East province (3), and Togo's Lome province (1) and Maritime province (1).
The Togo case is related to a cVDPV2 outbreak affecting Jigawa, Nigeria, the GPEI said.
The 11 new cases bring the global 2020 WPV1 case total to 12, all in Pakistan, and the cVDPV2 total to 15. For all of last year officials recorded 173 WPV1 and 329 cVDPV2 cases.
The risk of further cVDPV2 spread in West Africa is high, according to the GPEI.
Feb 28 GPEI update
News Scan for Mar 02, 2020
Seven Saudi MERS cases; Polio in Pakistan, Africa
Filed Under:
MERS-CoV; Polio
[h=3]Saudi health ministry reports 7 more MERS cases[/h] Over the weekend and through today, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 7 new MERS-CoV cases: 5 in Riyadh, 1 in Taif, and 1 in Mecca. The new cases bring the February case tally to 18 and the March tally to 1.
The Riyadh MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases involve men aged 73, 60, 56, 52, and 38 years old. The case in Taif involves a 53-year-old man, and the Mecca case involves a 56-year-old man.
All exposures are listed as primary, meaning the patients are unlikely to have contracted the virus from another person. The MOH said that none of the infected patients were healthcare workers and that only one had reported contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS. The remaining patients' exposure to camels is unknown.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe illness and death. The virus can transmit between humans but has done so mainly in healthcare settings, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
As of Jan 31, 2020, the WHO said that it had received reports of 2,519 laboratory-confirmed MERS infections, including 866 associated deaths. The vast majority of these cases occurred in Saudi Arabia.
The WHO said that it expects more cases of MERS-CoV to be reported from the Middle East and that it will spread to other countries by people infected through exposure to camels, animal products such as raw camel's milk, or other humans.
Mar 2 Saudi MOH report
Feb 29 Saudi MOH report
[h=3]Eleven new polio cases reported in Pakistan and Africa[/h] Two cases of wild polio virus type 1 (WPV1) infection in Pakistan's Punjab province and nine cases of circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) in West Africa were reported the week of Feb 26, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
The African cVDPV2 cases occurred in Benin's Plateau province (1 case), Ghana's Bono province (3) and Bono East province (3), and Togo's Lome province (1) and Maritime province (1).
The Togo case is related to a cVDPV2 outbreak affecting Jigawa, Nigeria, the GPEI said.
The 11 new cases bring the global 2020 WPV1 case total to 12, all in Pakistan, and the cVDPV2 total to 15. For all of last year officials recorded 173 WPV1 and 329 cVDPV2 cases.
The risk of further cVDPV2 spread in West Africa is high, according to the GPEI.
Feb 28 GPEI update