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That would make them happy, become a martyr, kill some infidels, get some virgins.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
WHO: BASIC HYGIENE CAN HELP PREVENT MERS SPREAD
A World Health Organization official is reminding millions of Muslims making a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as mass gatherings pose risks of spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome.
The U.N. agency has recorded 827 cases of MERS and 287 deaths, mostly in Saudi Arabia. The virus is believed primarily acquired through contact with camels and is spread among humans through body fluids and droplets.
Mark Jacobs, WHO Western Pacific region director for communicable diseases, said Thursday that hand washing and keeping away from coughing people are simple ways to prevent the virus' spread.
He says there's a low chance of its spread in most settings, but health workers caring for MERS patients, people exposed to camels, and those in large gatherings are at some risk.
Source : Sapa-AP /kd
Date : 10 Jul 2014 08:27
A World Health Organization official is reminding millions of Muslims making a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as mass gatherings pose risks of spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome.
The U.N. agency has recorded 827 cases of MERS and 287 deaths, mostly in Saudi Arabia. The virus is believed primarily acquired through contact with camels and is spread among humans through body fluids and droplets.
Mark Jacobs, WHO Western Pacific region director for communicable diseases, said Thursday that hand washing and keeping away from coughing people are simple ways to prevent the virus' spread.
He says there's a low chance of its spread in most settings, but health workers caring for MERS patients, people exposed to camels, and those in large gatherings are at some risk.
Source : Sapa-AP /kd
Date : 10 Jul 2014 08:27
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
3 FILIPINO HEALTH WORKERS INFECTED WITH MERS IN SAUDI ARABIA
Three Filipinos have contracted Middle East respiratory syndrome while working at separate hospitals in Saudi Arabia, the Philippine government said Friday.
Two are nurses and the third is a medical technician, said Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose. They are in the early stage of the infection after being exposed to MERS patients, Jose said.
He said an emergency room nurse is isolated in staff housing and the other two in their respective hospitals.
MERS was discovered in 2012 and the illnesses have been centered in the kingdom. It belongs to the family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold and SARS, and can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
Jose said 10 Filipinos have died of MERS since 2013 - eight in Saudi Arabia and two in the United Arab Emirates. Hundreds of Filipinos work in hospitals and health care facilities in the kingdom.
The Saudi Health Ministry last month reported that 385 people have died of MERS among 902 cases discovered in the kingdom.
The Philippines has had one confirmed MERS case - a nurse who returned from Saudi Arabia last month and who has since recovered, Health Department spokesman Lyndon Lee Suy said.
Source : Sapa-AP /mr
Date : 06 Mar 2015 11:40
Three Filipinos have contracted Middle East respiratory syndrome while working at separate hospitals in Saudi Arabia, the Philippine government said Friday.
Two are nurses and the third is a medical technician, said Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose. They are in the early stage of the infection after being exposed to MERS patients, Jose said.
He said an emergency room nurse is isolated in staff housing and the other two in their respective hospitals.
MERS was discovered in 2012 and the illnesses have been centered in the kingdom. It belongs to the family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold and SARS, and can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
Jose said 10 Filipinos have died of MERS since 2013 - eight in Saudi Arabia and two in the United Arab Emirates. Hundreds of Filipinos work in hospitals and health care facilities in the kingdom.
The Saudi Health Ministry last month reported that 385 people have died of MERS among 902 cases discovered in the kingdom.
The Philippines has had one confirmed MERS case - a nurse who returned from Saudi Arabia last month and who has since recovered, Health Department spokesman Lyndon Lee Suy said.
Source : Sapa-AP /mr
Date : 06 Mar 2015 11:40
Ockie
Resident Lead Bender
Sjoe. Blast from the past.