MERS comes to Malaysia

You may have come across these recent news reports: First there was a fatality The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has killed its first victim in Asia, a Malaysian man who developed respiratory complications after returning from Mecca. The 54-year-old man, from Batu Pahat, Johor, had arrived in Malaysia on March 29 after performing the umrah. He died on Apr 13 after being admitted to the Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail for three days, following complaints of fever, cough and breathing difficulties. Passengers onboard the Turkish Airlines flights TK93 and TK60 on the Jeddah-Istanbul-Kuala Lumpur route on March 29 are urged to contact the Health Ministry for a health screening, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. The MERS-CoV was first detected in the Middle East in 2012, but researchers have yet to determine its cause. The World Health Organization has recorded 238 cases of the disease and 92 deaths related to the MERS-CoV globally to date. Then there was this report MERS suspected in Johor village, 64 quarantined BATU PAHAT: As many as sixty-four residents in Kampung Bintang here will be quarantined for a week after some showed symptoms of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Some 100 villagers from the village, where the first Malaysian victim who succumbed to the virus came from, underwent a special screening to detect the virus here Thursday. Johor Health and Environment executive committee chairman Datuk Ayub Ra...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Miscellaneous MERS SARS Source Type: blogs