New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

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New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Atheist-Lite » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:18 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19698335

New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

A new respiratory illness similar to the Sars virus that spread globally in 2002 and killed hundreds of people has been identified in a man who is being treated in Britain.

The 49-year-old man, who was transferred to a London hospital by air ambulance from Qatar, is the second person confirmed with the coronavirus.

The first case was a patient in Saudi Arabia who has since died.

Officials are still determining what threat the new virus may pose.

The World Health Organization has not recommended any travel restrictions.

Prof John Watson, head of the respiratory diseases department at the UK's Health Protection Agency, said: "In the light of the severity of the illness that has been identified in the two confirmed cases, immediate steps have been taken to ensure that people who have been in contact with the UK case have not been infected, and there is no evidence to suggest that they have.

"Further information about these cases is being developed for healthcare workers in the UK, as well as advice to help maintain increased vigilance for this virus."

He said there was no specific evidence of the virus spreading from person to person and he had no advice for the public or returning travellers.

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which includes ones that cause the common cold and Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome).

This new virus is different from any coronaviruses that have previously been identified in humans.

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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by normal » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:29 am

I hope this one is also curable by chicken soup, Dayquil and Sprite
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:43 am

Hot toddy, that's the ticket.
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Atheist-Lite » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:44 am

normal wrote:I hope this one is also curable by chicken soup, Dayquil and Sprite

Started in the Middle East. This is either G-ds revenge for a crap movie or a suicide attack with a biological weapon, or both? Interesting the authorities haven't seen it before and it appears pretty lethal, hence the panic to bring someone back here to do some serious testing. :smoke:
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:47 am

Someone has an unknown, deadly and possibly infectious disease.....lets fly him into the UK!
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by JimC » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:04 am

Well, at least some of you had the Cardiff meet before the end...

Well, I won't say much more, I don't want to get maudlin...
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:13 am

28 days later......
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by JimC » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:15 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:28 days later......
:console:

It's the drawing out of the whole catastrophe that makes it so poignant for outsiders...

And the whole stiff upper-lip thing...

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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:17 am

JimC wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:28 days later......
:console:

It's the drawing out of the whole catastrophe that makes it so poignant for outsiders...

And the whole stiff upper-lip thing...

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Blighty ends not with a roar but with an awful, phlegmy cough...
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by JimC » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:19 am

Try to keep it out of the Isle of Man if you can, that'll be something at least...
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Audley Strange » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:04 am

In other news, peanuts killed more people than SARS.
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Re: New 'Sars-like' coronavirus in the UK

Post by Rum » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:05 am

Yay! At last - the Zombie apocalypse!

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