Supreme Council of Health Qatar reports new Corona virus case

Doha – Thursday, 17 Oct 2013

The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) registered Thursday a new case of the deadly coronavirus after a Qatari man was diagnosed with flu.

The 61-year-old man was diagnosed in the national center for flu, the SCH said in a press statement.

The Qatari man also suffers from chronic diseases, the SCH statement added. It said the patient now receives treatment and his health condition is stable.

The statement noted that the epidemiological investigation procedures showed that the patient did not travel outside the country during the two weeks prior to the onset of symptoms and he has not been subjected to socialize with a confirmed case.

All the patient’s family members and others were checked up and the initial results were negative, the statement said.

Supreme Council of Health website

Update: WHO has been informed of an additional lab-confirmed case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in Qatar #MERS

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 17, 2013

Globally, from September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a total of 139 lab-confirmed cases of infection with #MERS, incl 60 deaths

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 17, 2013

With this new case, it brings the global total of MERS-CoV cases in Qatar to 6, with 3 cases ending in death.

Previous cases of MERS-CoV in Qatar:

Sep 2012: male, 49y, treatment in UK, succumbed
Nov 2012: male, 45y, treatment in Germany, recovered
Aug 2013: male, 59y, treatment in Qatar, recovered
Aug 2013: male, 29y, treatment in Qatar, succumbed
Sep 2013: female, 56y, treatment in Qatar, succumbed

Anyone with questions or concerns about MERS can call the SCH’s 24/7 hotline: +974-6674-0951.