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nCov MERS. SARS-Like Virus Limited Appearance in Saudi Arabia. Preparations Before Hajj.

Posted by HCN on Friday, May 24, 2013 Under: Original story post and English
There have been a few outbreaks of the SARS-Like virus which have appeared according to reports, from last year.  Proactive preparations are in progress to suppress the virus before the upcoming Hajj time.

The technical medical terms that is popularly being used to describe the medical condition: nCoV/MERS, NCoV-EMC, or novel coronavirus

The World Health Organization [WHO] is planning to call or already calling the illness Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, the acronym MERS.

Descriptions and other terms used to refer to the medical condition:
SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV)

"acute respiratory syndrome"

What SARS is acronym for:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

coronavirus basics:
  • the 'COV' of nCOV
  • virus
  • in subfamily Coronavirinae
  • larger family this in is Coronaviridae

entirety of how a molecular structure of nCov might be described might require further substantiation


Toward protection from the virus, how it behaves:

-- Wary of exponential patterns --

Earlier this month, there is a report that some nurses became infected with the virus after exposure with patients

There has been a report of between 40 to 50 cases of the 'new' virus since last year.


The numbers--
common-cold, hundreds might have it a day

for a rarer, and deadly virus, more than 40 cases, is a priority major concern

Symptoms:
Prevalence among the elderly, concerning the ration of victims
The virus can cause:
  • coughing
  • fever
  • pneumonia
source of what the virus can cause: reuters.com

cases also reported in:
  • Jordan
  • Germany
  • Britain
  • France
source or case location: channelnewsasia.com

the virus has been found in:
  • Jordan
  • Qatar
  • Tunisia
  • United Arab Emirates, known additionally as UAE
source of virus location: reuters.com


Essentials of Do's and Don'ts:
  • Do not come into contact with unclean animals
    • Exceptions are on a case by case basis, such as for veterinarians, who still use caution
  • Avoid contact with people that have come into contact with unclean animals, --as appropriate
  • Do not assume that because you are in a place that is pure and clean, or is reputed to be so, that the chances of being infected with the virus does not exist.
    • If you are in areas of Europe where the environment is generally sterile, take into consideration that there might be people traveling or visiting that do not come from places with the same 'technology'
    • If you are in the Arab Peninsula, and in places that are holy, or geographically near to them, do not assume that that there are not travelers, tourists, visitors, and so on, from places that do not practice the same levels of purity in their behaviors of regularity; and, in their culture, they might be in contact with domesticated animals more often

In : Original story post and English 


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