Media Reports: Jordanian MERS Patient Died

#10,557   Since the Jordanian Ministry of Health’s website remains silent on the two imported MERS cases reported yesterday and today (see here and here), we are pretty much dependent upon local media sources for updates.   While I much prefer to rely upon official sources, we sometimes have to use what is available.   Over the past several hours multiple...

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WHO Saudi MERS Update – August 27th

Credit WHO # 10,456   We’ve another lengthy WHO GAR update on the ongoing MERS outbreak in Saudi Arabia.  Today’s update lists 13 cases recorded between August 22nd and August 23rd.  Due to the length of this update, I’ve elected to briefly chart the cases (see spreadsheet below), rather than print the entire update.   Although 7 had direct contact...

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Hong Kong Investigates Outbreak Of HFMD In An Adult Institution

Vesicular eruptions in A) hand, B) foot, and C) mouth of a 6.5-year-old boy from Turku, Finland, with coxsackievirus (CV) A6 infection.  Credit - CDC EID Journal # 10,455   We’ve a slightly unusual report today out of Hong Kong’s CHP describing  21 recent adult Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease cases at an institution in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. While adult...

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Saudi MOH Reports 6 More MERS Cases In Riyadh

# 10,454   Riyadh’s MERS outbreak continues on pace, with 6 new cases announced today, along with 4 recent fatalities.  Of the new cases announced today, all reported had contact with a `confirmed or suspected’ case, and one is listed as a health care worker. Today’s announcement brings the number of cases reported out of Saudi Arabia during the month of August...

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Jordan Reports 2nd Imported MERS Case In Two Days

#10,453   In what is hopefully not a harbinger of the upcoming Hajj season, Jordan has announced its second confirmed (imported) MERS case in the span of two days.   Yesterday we learned of a man in his 60s, with recent travel history to Saudi Arabia, who had been hospitalized in critical condition (see Jordan Reports An Imported MERS Case From Saudi Arabia)....

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South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) - Australia

International Year 12 Applicants in 2016Open for international student who have completed Year 12Flinders University, The University of Adelaide, The University of South Australia, or Charles Darwin University in the Northern TerritoryWho is eligible?1. hold a student visa, temporary resident visa or visitor visa & were enrolled in Australian Year 12 program, or completed an Australian Year 12 program offshore in home country, in 2015.Program...

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Saudi MOH Reports 2 MERS Cases In Riyadh, 1 In Hofuf

  # 10,452   It’s been awhile since we’ve heard of any cases out of Hofuf, the scene of a large nosocomial MERS outbreak last May and June, but today they report a new case. This newest case is listed as a 65 y.o. male with no known contact with a previously confirmed case.   Elsewhere, Riyadh reports two additional cases, including a 32 y.o. Health care worker...

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