The World Health Organization said it received a report from the Sultanate of Oman on April 28 stating that a man had been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV), stating that his condition was unstable.
The organization said the injury to the 34-year-old man occurred as a result of direct mixing with animals such as camels, sheep and goats, based on the fact that 6 workers and 27 health workers were included and followed within two weeks from the date. of human injury, for which no other injury was reported.
The World Health Organization report said the Corona virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome is rare in the Sultanate of Oman, and statistics indicate that since June 2013 there have been 25 cases of the virus and 7 deaths. .
YOn April 28, the National Coordination Center for International Health Regulations in the Sultanate of Oman notified the World Health Organization of the registration of Corona virus infection causing respiratory syndrome in the Middle East from the Governorate of Al Dhahirah, and the symptoms began in him. on April 18 as shortness of breath and high temperature and continued for 6 days.
On April 24, the patient was taken to the emergency room, and after a diagnosis of acute respiratory distress, fever and hypotension, he was diagnosed with clinical pneumonia with accumulation of fluid in the lungs and admitted to an isolation room. , but his condition worsened and he was transferred directly to a negative pressure room in the internal medicine ward.
On April 25, his condition worsened and he was transferred to an isolation room in the intensive care unit and placed on a mechanical ventilator. Samples were taken from the patient’s respiratory tract to identify pathogens, including coronavirus and tuberculosis bacteria, in addition to blood. and urinalysis.
Two days later, the polymerase chain reaction showed that the causative virus was MERS-CoV. The patient’s condition remains unstable and he is still on a mechanical ventilator in the isolation room of the intensive care unit.
It should be noted that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is a viral respiratory disease caused by one of the Corona viruses, and it is different from the Corona virus (Covid 19), because the two viruses differ in source of infection, mode of transmission and severity. . of pain
Source: Omani media
Source: Arabic RT
