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Must be more of my ignorance for wanting everyone separated. We could have unlimited oil reserves if we just made the Saudi's stay with the "others" on the island of Madagascar. If thy misbehave on the island, they are forced inside the barded wire of Zimbabwe.
The man is in insolation and in stable condition at Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., but requires oxygen to help with the symptoms.
Federal, state and local officials are working to minimize the risk of the virus spreading. They are monitoring health-care workers and others who may have had close contact with the patient.
The patient, identified as male by a person familiar with the investigation, was returning to Indiana and flew on April 24 from Riyadh to London and then Chicago. He took a bus from Chicago to Indiana. Three days later, he began to have shortness of breath, coughing and fever. He went to the hospital?s emergency department April 28, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, and was admitted.
Infectious disease experts have been monitoring the virus closely because of the high mortality rate among people with symptoms. The virus has been confirmed in 401 people in 12 countries, and 93 of them died. The cases originated in six countries in the Arabian Peninsula. Most of these people developed severe acute respiratory illness, with fever, cough and shortness of breath.
Saudi Arabia reported 26 infections Tuesday and Wednesday. On April 24, the Saudi health ministry confirmed that 13 people contracted the disease and that there had been two more deaths. Experts said seasonal factors may be at work. The largest reported outbreak to date occurred in April and May 2013 in eastern Saudi Arabia and involved 23 confirmed cases.
Officials do not know the origin of the virus or how it spreads. The MERS virus has been found in camels, but officials don?t know how it is spreading to humans. There is no vaccine or recommended treatment.
?MERS is now in our heartland,? said Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the CDC?s National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, during a briefing Friday. But she stressed that the viral disease does not appear to be easily transmittable. ?It represents a very low risk to the broader general public.?
She said the patient had been in Saudi Arabia for a ?substantial period? before departing April 24. Officials said they don?t have reports of other infected patients in the United States. ?It?s a very active investigation,? she said. ?This situation is very fluid.?
The man is in insolation and in stable condition at Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., but requires oxygen to help with the symptoms.
Federal, state and local officials are working to minimize the risk of the virus spreading. They are monitoring health-care workers and others who may have had close contact with the patient.
The patient, identified as male by a person familiar with the investigation, was returning to Indiana and flew on April 24 from Riyadh to London and then Chicago. He took a bus from Chicago to Indiana. Three days later, he began to have shortness of breath, coughing and fever. He went to the hospital?s emergency department April 28, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, and was admitted.
Infectious disease experts have been monitoring the virus closely because of the high mortality rate among people with symptoms. The virus has been confirmed in 401 people in 12 countries, and 93 of them died. The cases originated in six countries in the Arabian Peninsula. Most of these people developed severe acute respiratory illness, with fever, cough and shortness of breath.
Saudi Arabia reported 26 infections Tuesday and Wednesday. On April 24, the Saudi health ministry confirmed that 13 people contracted the disease and that there had been two more deaths. Experts said seasonal factors may be at work. The largest reported outbreak to date occurred in April and May 2013 in eastern Saudi Arabia and involved 23 confirmed cases.
Officials do not know the origin of the virus or how it spreads. The MERS virus has been found in camels, but officials don?t know how it is spreading to humans. There is no vaccine or recommended treatment.
?MERS is now in our heartland,? said Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the CDC?s National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, during a briefing Friday. But she stressed that the viral disease does not appear to be easily transmittable. ?It represents a very low risk to the broader general public.?
She said the patient had been in Saudi Arabia for a ?substantial period? before departing April 24. Officials said they don?t have reports of other infected patients in the United States. ?It?s a very active investigation,? she said. ?This situation is very fluid.?
