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On January 29th, the Ministry of Health of Oman reported - without details - 4 MERS-CoV Cases, followed 6 days later (Feb 4th) with an update indicating a 5th MERS Case and 2 Deaths.
While the Oman MOH has remained silent on these cases, two days ago the WHO released a MERS-CoV Update - Oman, that summarized:
From 27 January and 31 January 2019, the International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point of Oman reported five cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.
All five laboratory confirmed cases are females from the same family and range in age from 30-59 years. The source of infection in this cluster is under investigation in Oman and four of the five cases appear to be secondary cases resulting from human-to-human transmission.The accompanying line listing (see below) indicates the first case fell ill on January 16th, while the most recent case fell ill on January 28th.
Now - two weeks after the last case fell ill - Oman's MOH has released a terse 3rd announcement, telling us only that a 6th case has been identified in the Sultanate.
While two weeks is (just barely) within the presumed incubation period of MERS, today's announcement gives no indication as to whether this case is epidemiologically linked to the previous 5.
Statement No. (3) on a new case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Corona) in the SultanateHopefully more details will be forthcoming soon.
13/2/2019
A new case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Corona) was recorded in one of the Sultanate's governorates, bringing the total number of cases recorded this year to six.
The Ministry of Health continues to monitor and control the disease through effective and effective epidemiological surveillance system and the readiness of all reference hospitals to deal with such cases. The Ministry of Health is also working with other concerned bodies Related health action.
The Ministry calls upon the Ministry to take information from its source and urges citizens and residents to adhere to the preventive measures to combat infection and healthy hygiene when sneezing and coughing.
