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Message Subject Novel coronavirus infection –1 of 4 dead in U.K.,New death in Saudi Arabia
Poster Handle Treyfish
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Epidemiological update: case of severe lower respiratory tract disease associated with a novel coronavirus

11 Feb 2013
[Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

On 11 February 2013, the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced that an additional case of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) infection has been confirmed in a UK resident. The patient, a 60 year old male, became ill on 26 January 2013 and was admitted to hospital in England, with a severe lower respiratory tract disease on 31 January.

In the 10 days before his illness onset, the patient had visited both Pakistan (from 16 December 2012 to 20 January 2013) and Saudi Arabia (from 20 to 28 January 2013). After hospital admission, his condition deteriorated and he was transferred for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment on 5 February. He remains severely ill in intensive care.

Laboratory investigations of respiratory specimens from 1 February have confirmed both an influenza A H1N1pdm09 infection and a NCoV infection. Because of the latter, the UK posted an alert through the EU Early Warning and Response System and the International Health Regulations.Th... [link to www.ecdc.europa.eu]
 
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