06 APRIL 2019
DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
SITUATION UPDATE MERS-Cov MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS
SAUDI ARABIA
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) -first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since identified, 2,374 cases have been reported with at least 823 of them fatal (WHO)
- Coronaviruses cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- MERS symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath-Pneumonia is common, but not always present-Gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, have also been reported
- 35% of reported patients with MERS-CoV infection have died
Saudi Ministry of Health is Reporting,
UPDATE-06 April 2019-Epi-week 14
- 8 newly confirmed case(s) of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 2 case(s) are classified Primary community acquired
- 4 case(s) are classified Secondary community acquired
- 2 case(s) are under investigation
- Unknown if patients negative for contact with camels
- Unknown if patients positive for contact with camels
- 3 new deaths
Saudi Ministry of Health https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Documents/Epiwk14-19.pdf
De Faakto Outbreak Intelligence Risk Assessment Notes
- 9 Health Care Workers have been infected with MERS-COv
- MERS-COv infections continue to spread in health care facilities
- Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent spread of MERS-CoV
- Identifying MERS-COv patients is difficult because early respiratory infection symptoms are non-specific
- Health care workers must continuously apply standard precautions, and take airborne droplet precautions when performing aerosol treatments
- Health care workers require comprehensive infection control education, training and quality control to enhance infection control practices
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
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30 MARCH 2019
DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
SITUATION UPDATE MERS-Cov MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS
SAUDI ARABIA
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) -first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since identified, 2,374 cases have been reported with at least 823 of them fatal (WHO)
- Coronaviruses cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- MERS symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath-Pneumonia is common, but not always present-Gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, have also been reported
- 35% of reported patients with MERS-CoV infection have died
Saudi Ministry of Health is Reporting,
UPDATE-29 March 2019-Epi-week 13
- 7 newly confirmed case(s) of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 7 case(s) are classified Primary community acquired
- 0 case(s) are classified Secondary community acquired
- 0 case(s) are under investigation
- 4 patients negative for contact with camels
- 3 patients positive for contact with camels
- 0 new deaths
Saudi Ministry of Health https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Documents/Epiwk13-19.pdf
De Faakto Outbreak Intelligence Risk Assessment Notes
- 9 Health Care Workers have been infected with MERS-COv
- MERS-COv infections continue to spread in health care facilities
- Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent spread of MERS-CoV
- Identifying MERS-COv patients is difficult because early respiratory infection symptoms are non-specific
- Health care workers must continuously apply standard precautions, and take airborne droplet precautions when performing aerosol treatments
- Health care workers require comprehensive infection control education, training and quality control to enhance infection control practices
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
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14 MARCH 2019
DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
SITUATION UPDATE MERS-Cov MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS
SAUDI ARABIA
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) -first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since identified, 2,374 cases have been reported with at least 823 of them fatal (WHO)
- Coronaviruses cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- MERS symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath-Pneumonia is common, but not always present-Gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, have also been reported
- 35% of reported patients with MERS-CoV infection have died
Saudi Ministry of Health is Reporting,
UPDATE-14 March 2019-Saudi MOH (Epi-Week 11)
- 5 newly confirmed case(s) of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 1 case(s) are classified Primary community acquired
- 4 case(s) are classified Secondary community acquired
- 0 case(s) are under investigation
- 3 patients negative for contact with camels
- 2 patients positive for contact with camels
- 0 new deaths
Saudi Ministry of Health https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
De Faakto Outbreak Intelligence Risk Assessment Notes
- 9 Health Care Workers have been infected with MERS-COv
- MERS-COv infections continue to spread in health care facilities
- Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent spread of MERS-CoV
- Identifying MERS-COv patients is difficult because early respiratory infection symptoms are non-specific
- Health care workers must continuously apply standard precautions, and take airborne droplet precautions when performing aerosol treatments
- Health care workers require comprehensive infection control education, training and quality control to enhance infection control practices
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
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06 MARCH 2019
DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
SITUATION UPDATE MERS-Cov MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS
SAUDI ARABIA
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) -first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since identified, 2,357 cases have been reported with at least 820 of them fatal (WHO)
- Coronaviruses cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- MERS symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath-Pneumonia is common, but not always present-Gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, have also been reported
- 35% of reported patients with MERS-CoV infection have died
Saudi Ministry of Health is Reporting,
UPDATE-05 March 2019-Saudi MOH (Epi-Week 10)
- 7 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 2 cases are classified Primary community acquired
- 5 cases are classified Secondary community acquired
- 0 cases are under investigation
- 6 patients negative for contact with camels
- 1 patients positive for contact with camels
- 0 new deaths
Saudi Ministry of Health https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
De Faakto Outbreak Intelligence Risk Assessment Notes
- 9 Health Care Workers have been infected with MERS-COv
- MERS-COv infections continue to spread in health care facilities
- Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent spread of MERS-CoV
- Identifying MERS-COv patients is difficult because early respiratory infection symptoms are non-specific
- Health care workers must continuously apply standard precautions, and take airborne droplet precautions when performing aerosol treatments
- Health care workers require comprehensive infection control education, training and quality control to enhance infection control practices
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
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27 FEBRUARY 2019
DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
SITUATION UPDATE MERS-Cov MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS
SAUDI ARABIA
The World Health Organization is Reporting,
- 29 January-13 February 2019
- 39 new cases of MERS-CoV infection
- 4 deaths (WHO)
Human-to-human transmission has occurred between,
- Index patient and health care workers
- Patients in the emergency department and intensive care unit (ICU) of Hospital
- Patients to household contacts
- 9 Health Care Workers have been infected (WHO)
2012-13 February 2019
- MERS-Cov reported globally to the World Health Organization
- 2 345 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS-CoV
- 817 associated deaths due to MERS-COv (WHO)
WHO https://www.who.int/csr/don/26-february-2019-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
Saudi Ministry of Health is Reporting,
UPDATE-26 February 2019 Saudi MOH (Epi-Week 9)
- 4 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 3 cases are classified Primary community acquired
- 1 cases are classified Secondary community acquired
- 0 cases are under investigation
- 2 patients negative for contact with camels
- 2 patients positive for contact with camels
- 1 new death
Saudi Ministry of Health https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
De Faakto Outbreak Intelligence Risk Assessment Notes
- 9 Health Care Workers have been infected with MERS-COv
- MERS-COv infections continue to spread in health care facilities
- Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent spread of MERS-CoV
- Identifying MERS-COv patients is difficult because early respiratory infection symptoms are non-specific
- Health care workers must continuously apply standard precautions, and take airborne droplet precautions when performing aerosol treatments
- Health care workers require comprehensive infection control education, training and quality control to enhance infection control practices
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
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23 FEBRUARY 2019
DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
SITUATION UPDATE MERS-Cov MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS
SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS REPORTING
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,311 cases have been reported with at least ~811 of them fatal
UPDATE-23 February 2019 Saudi MOH (Epi-Week 8)
- 10 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 4 cases are classified Primary community acquired
- 4 cases are classified Secondary community acquired
- 2 cases are under investigation
- 7 patients negative for contact with camels
- 3 patients positive for contact with camels
- 1 new death
Saudi Arabia: Wadi Aldwasir camel market closed by Ministry of the Environment – media report
Saudi Ministry of Health https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Documents/Epiwk8-19.pdf
Saudi Ministry of Health https://moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
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12 February 2019
UPDATE
DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
Saudi Arabia-The Saudi Ministry of Health is reporting,
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,311 cases have been reported with at least ~811 of them fatal
UPDATE-12 February 2019 Saudi MOH (Epi-Week 7 & part of week 6)
- 23 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 10 cases are classified Primary community acquired
- 13 cases are classified Secondary community acquired
- 19 patients negative for contact with camels
- 4 patients positive for contact with camels
- 1 new death
Saudi Ministry of Health https://moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
https://www.who.int/csr/don/16-january-2019-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
UPDATE 07 February 2019
OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
Saudi Arabia-The Saudi Ministry of Health is reporting,
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,278 cases have been reported with at least 806 of them fatal
UPDATE-07 February 2019 Saudi MOH
- 11 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 2 cases are classified Primary community acquired
- 9 cases are classified Secondary community acquired
- 8 patients negative for contact with camels
- 3 patient positive for contact with camels
- No new deaths
Saudi Ministry of Health https://moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
https://www.who.int/csr/don/16-january-2019-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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DE FAAKTO OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
UPDATE 02 February 2019
OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
Saudi Arabia-The Saudi Ministry of Health is reporting,
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,278 cases have been reported with at least 806 of them fatal
UPDATE-02 February 2019 Saudi MOH
- 5 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 2 cases are classified Primary community acquired
- 3 cases are classified Secondary community acquired
- 4 patients negative for contact with camels
- 1 patient positive for contact with camels
- No new deaths
Saudi Ministry of Health https://moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
https://www.who.int/csr/don/16-january-2019-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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De Faakto Outbreak Intelligence
UPDATE 30 January 2019
OUTBREAK INTELLIGENCE
The Saudi Ministry of Health is reporting,
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,278 cases have been reported with at least 806 of them fatal
UPDATE-29 January 2019 Saudi MOH
- 2 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- 2 new deaths
- All cases are classified Primary community acquired
- No contact with camels
Saudi Ministry of Health https://moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Pages/2019.aspx
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
https://www.who.int/csr/don/16-january-2019-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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De Faakto Outbreak Intelligence
UPDATE 26 January 2019
Outbreak Intelligence
The Saudi Ministry of Health is reporting,
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,278 cases have been reported with at least 806 of them fatal
UPDATE-21 January 2019 Saudi MOH
- 3 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia
- All cases are classified Primary community acquired
- No contact with camels
Saudi Ministry of Health https://moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Documents/Epiwk4-19.pdf
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
https://www.who.int/csr/don/16-january-2019-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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UPDATE 17 January 2019
Outbreak Intelligence
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,278 cases have been reported with at least 806 of them fatal
- From 1 December 2018 through 31 December 2018-Saudi Arabia reported five additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection
- No new deaths are being reported
- It is not always possible to identify patients with MERS-CoV early because like other respiratory infections, the early symptoms of MERS-CoV are non-specific (WHO, 2019)
World Health Organization Risk Assessment
Infection prevention and control measures are critical to prevent the possible spread of MERS-CoV in health care facilities.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked. (WHO, 2019)
Healthcare Workers Precautions
Healthcare workers should always apply standard precautions consistently with all patients, regardless of their diagnosis. Droplet precautions should be added to the standard precautions when providing care to patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection; contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for probable or confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection; airborne precautions should be applied when performing aerosol generating procedures. (WHO, 2019)
For more information-World Health Organization-MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
https://www.who.int/csr/don/16-january-2019-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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UPDATE 28 December 2018
Outbreak Intelligence
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- From 31 October through 30 November 2018-Saudi Arabia reported eight additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including two deaths
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Since first identified, 2,278 cases have been reported with at least 806 of them fatal
WHO risk assessment
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked.
WHO MERS-CoV information,
https://www.who.int/csr/don/28-december-2018-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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UPDATE 16 December 2018
Outbreak Intelligence
Report from Outbreak News Today,
For the third time this week, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health has reported a patient ill with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
The most recent case is a 53-year-old man who is hospitalized from Riyadh.
Health officials note he had contact with camels.
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/riyadh-man-3rd-mers-case-reported-week-62312/
WHO risk assessment
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked.
WHO-MER-CoV information,
https://www.who.int/emergencies/mers-cov/en/
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Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
Since first identified, 2,278 cases have been reported with at least 806 of them fatal.
UPDATE 20 November 2018-World Health Organization
From 16 through 30 October 2018, the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) National Focal Point of Saudi Arabia reported four additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including one death.
From 2012 through 30 October 2018, the total global number of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases reported to WHO under IHR (2005) is 2266 with 804 associated deaths. The total number of deaths includes the deaths that WHO is aware of to date through follow-up with affected member states.
WHO risk assessment
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
MERS-CoV appears to cause more severe disease in people with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease, and immunocompromised persons. Therefore, these people should avoid close contact with animals, particularly camels, when visiting farms, markets, or barn areas where the virus is known to be potentially circulating. General hygiene measures, such as regular hand washing before and after touching animals and avoiding contact with sick animals, should be adhered to. Food hygiene practices should be observed. People should avoid drinking raw camel milk or camel urine, or eating meat that has not been properly cooked.
Full details from WHO,
http://www.who.int/csr/don/20-november-2018-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
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UPDATE 02 November 2018-World Health Organization
From 17 September through 15 October 2018, the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) National Focal Point of Saudi Arabia reported eight additional cases of MERS-CoV infection, including three deaths. Of the eight cases reported, three were hospital contacts from one hospital in Dammam and two were household contacts in Riyadh.
Infection with MERS-CoV can cause severe disease resulting in high mortality. Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels. MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. So far, the observed non-sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred mainly in health care settings.
See WHO for latest details,
http://www.who.int/csr/don/01-november-2018-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
WHO is reporting Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
Disease outbreak news
3 October 2018
http://www.who.int/csr/don/03-october-2018-mers-saudi-arabia/en/
