2013-06-19
Excerpt:
Health care providers are being advised to be vigilant and have been
advised to test travelers returning from the Middle East for MERS if
they show signs of developing severe acute respiratory infections,
experts said. Specimens from patients' lower respiratory tracts should
be obtained for diagnosis where possible. Meanwhile, medical staff in
China have also been informed that immuno-compromised patients
exhibiting atypical signs and symptoms such as diarrhea should be tested
for the virus.
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Healthcare facilities are have been reminded of the importance of
infection prevention and control, while samples from suspected cases
should be sent immediately to the Beijing Center for Disease Control and
Prevention for examination, the paper said.
Beijing authorities have convened 110 medical experts from major
hospitals to be on standby 24 hours a day, the Beijing Times said. But
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of Beijing's disease control center, said
that the measures are all precautionary as MERS has a limited capacity
for transmission, with only 64 confirmed cases reported worldwide since
last year.
Complete article: http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1103&MainCatID=11&id=20130619000070
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