Sunday, March 24, 2013

Coronavirus: New Case, #16, A Contact of Case #15

A new Coronavirus case has been reported to WHO.  Not much information given, other than the fact that it is a contact of Case #15 which was reported on March 12th.  The latest case is from Riyadh, as noted in the 2nd article below.

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of a new confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
The patient is a contact of the previous case reported in the Disease Outbreak News on 12 March 2012. This person suffered a mild illness, and has recovered and been discharged from hospital. Currently, there is insufficient information available to allow a conclusive assessment of the mode and source of transmission.
To date, WHO has been informed of a global total of 16 confirmed cases of human infection with nCoV, including nine deaths.
 http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_03_23/en/index.html

Excerpt:
There was another case of coronavirus infection in the Kingdom, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Ziad Al-Memish, undersecretary to the Ministry of Health for Public Health, confirmed the new case. “It was a mild infection in a person from Riyadh and the patient is already discharged from the hospital after complete recovery,” Al-Memish said.

http://www.arabnews.com/news/445886

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