#MERS #Coronavirus UAE - Confirmed Case First Death

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Date of Report  7/12/13 – Blue Font Represents contact cluster

Name:  82(M) – Index Case

From:  United Arab Emirates

Adm:  Hospital in Abu Dhabi, ICU

Note:  Is hospitalized with multiple myeloma. 

Date of Report:  7/18/13

Name:  28(M)

From:  Abu Dhabi

Note:  Healthcare worker of confirmed 82(M) above.  No sym’s.  Identified thru surveillance of confirmed case (82M 7/12).  From one of two hospitals.

WHO Update: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_07_18/en/index.html

Name:  30(F)

From:  Abu Dhabi

Note:  Healthcare worker of confirmed 82(M) above.  No sym’s.  Identified thru surveillance of confirmed case (82M 7/12).  From one of two hospitals.

WHO Update: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_07_18/en/index.html

Name:  30(F)

From:  Abu Dhabi

Note:  Healthcare worker of confirmed 82(M) above.  Upper respiratory sym’s.  Identified thru surveillance of confirmed case (82M 7/12).  Worked at one of two hospitals.  Stable condition.

WHO Update: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_07_18/en/index.html

Name:  40(F)

From:  Abu Dhabi

Note:  Healthcare worker of confirmed 82(M) above.  Syms: upper respir.  Stable condition.  Identified thru surveillance of confirmed case (82M 7/12).  From one of two hospitals.

WHO Update: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_07_18/en/index.html

Man dies of Mers-CoV in UAE: WHO 
Case of 82-year-old Emirati is first Mers-related death confirmed in UAE
August 30, 2013

Geneva/Abu Dhabi: An Emirati with a previously confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (Mers-CoV) has died, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The 82-year-old Emirati, who had been undergoing chemotherapy for the last two years, was the first death from Mers coronavirus confirmed in the UAE. The world health body’s report on Wednesday said the Emirati man died earlier this August and was not known to have travelled abroad. Susceptibility to the deadly virus increases when a patient has pre-existing conditions.
Continued:  http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/health/man-dies-of-mers-cov-in-uae-who-1.1225543