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Spain’s Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad (Ministry of Health, Social Services, and Equality) has posted the following press release on today’s imported case of MERS-CoV, diagnosed in a woman recently returned from Saudi Arabia (see Spain Reports First MERS-CoV Case).
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Press Releases
Detected an imported case of the new coronavirus in Spain
- The patient had traveled to Saudi Arabia
- The patient, who remained during the month of October in Saudi Arabia, is located in a favorable position and stable
- The case does not pose a risk to public health in Spain
- Health authorities have followed national and international procedures for dealing with this case
November 6, 2013.'s Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality has reported the detection of an imported case in Spain with positive laboratory results for human infection with the new coronavirus.
This is a woman living in Spain, born in Morocco, who had traveled to Saudi Arabia and is admitted to the Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (Madrid), where they have taken all over the case, and on possible contacts as operating procedures agreed between the Ministry and the autonomous.
The patient, who was admitted on November 1, remains in a favorable and stable. The samples analyzed in the National Microbiology Center have tested positive to the new coronavirus infection.
The Ministry and the Community of Madrid are proceeding to identify all close contacts of the patient, as recommended in the procedures agreed at national and international level.
An imported case in which all these measures have been established, no risk to public health in Spain.
Following the provisions of the International Health Regulations, the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality has notified the World Health Organization and the European rapid alert network (EWRS), with which it maintains close monitoring of the situation, together with the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid.
NEW CORONAVIRUS
The Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus Middle East was identified in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. Most people affected by this respiratory virus acute respiratory disease presents with fever, cough and difficulty breathing.
To date there have been reported 150 confirmed cases, 125 of them in Saudi Arabia. All cases have been reported in five countries in the Middle East (Saudi, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman). In Europe there have been cases, all imported from this area, in four countries: United Kingdom (two cases), Germany (two cases), France (one case) and Italy (one case).
For more information about the coronavirus please consult the website of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. http://www.msssi.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/corVir.htm .
