Evidence grows for human to human transmission of deadly new coronavirus
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 12 Μαΐ 2013
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that the potentially
fatal coronavirus could be transmitted from person to person. WHO
Assistant Director-General, Keiji Fukuda speaking to reporters during a
trip to Saudi Arabia where the majority of cases are found, noted that
the clusters of illnesses "increasingly supports the hypothesis" of
close contact human transmission.
The news comes as a second case
is reported in France. The new infection was discovered in a patient
who had shared a room at a hospital in Valenciennes with the first
confirmed sufferer. The two were said to be in close and prolonged
contact.
The SARS-like virus, produces symptoms of pneumonia and
can lead to kidney failure. Experts are looking at whether it is
transmitted via contact or whether it is airborne.
Professor
Benoit Guéry at the Lille Hospital Infection Unit said that there were,
"Several incidences where a clear human to human transmission was
possible." Though he played down the risk adding that , "As soon as we
are capable of dealing with patients in the appropriate manner, the
virus poses a very low risk (of transmission)."
Though the virus
poses a low transmission risk at present, the chances of survival are
slim. Medical experts report that once contracted the new coronavirus is
more aggressive than SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) which
killed around 800 people in 2003.
Two more carriers have died in
Saudi Arabia where the virus was first discovered, putting the death
toll to 18 with 34 cases worldwide.
With a survival rate of less
than 50%, authorities are taking the threat seriously. French travelers
to the Gulf are being advised to wash their hands regularly and avoid
contact with animals. Anyone returning from the region with flu-like
symptoms has been asked to report it immediately.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that the potentially
fatal coronavirus could be transmitted from person to person. WHO
Assistant Director-General, Keiji Fukuda speaking to reporters during a
trip to Saudi Arabia where the majority of cases are found, noted that
the clusters of illnesses "increasingly supports the hypothesis" of
close contact human transmission.
The news comes as a second case
is reported in France. The new infection was discovered in a patient
who had shared a room at a hospital in Valenciennes with the first
confirmed sufferer. The two were said to be in close and prolonged
contact.
The SARS-like virus, produces symptoms of pneumonia and
can lead to kidney failure. Experts are looking at whether it is
transmitted via contact or whether it is airborne.
Professor
Benoit Guéry at the Lille Hospital Infection Unit said that there were,
"Several incidences where a clear human to human transmission was
possible." Though he played down the risk adding that , "As soon as we
are capable of dealing with patients in the appropriate manner, the
virus poses a very low risk (of transmission)."
Though the virus
poses a low transmission risk at present, the chances of survival are
slim. Medical experts report that once contracted the new coronavirus is
more aggressive than SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) which
killed around 800 people in 2003.
Two more carriers have died in
Saudi Arabia where the virus was first discovered, putting the death
toll to 18 with 34 cases worldwide.
With a survival rate of less
than 50%, authorities are taking the threat seriously. French travelers
to the Gulf are being advised to wash their hands regularly and avoid
contact with animals. Anyone returning from the region with flu-like
symptoms has been asked to report it immediately.
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