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Arthur Little
27th July 2015, 18:53
Following its Accident & Emergency Services being temporarily suspended, a hospital spokesperson has since confirmed that the two patients suspected of contracting the infection have been isolated appropriately, in order to receive clinical treatment for their condition ... and there're no significant risk(s) to public health. :cwm25:


www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33681029

Dedworth
27th July 2015, 20:48
We need Joe's steer on this - savage cuts ?

Terpe
27th July 2015, 23:22
We need Joe's steer on this - savage cuts ?

I don't get the connection ?

Dedworth
27th July 2015, 23:27
I don't get the connection ?

Joe defended the NHS and its box ticking apparatchiks come hell or high water - any failings were due to Govt cuts :wink:

Terpe
28th July 2015, 01:46
:doh

Arthur Little
28th July 2015, 17:41
Panic now over ... patients test negative according to latest update:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-33685851

:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Doc Alan
28th July 2015, 20:20
Good news that the two unrelated individuals tested for MERS-CoV in Manchester both proved negative – as have all 316 other tests across the UK since 2013. No panic and no significant risk to public health :xxgrinning--00xx3:!


South Korea now appears effectively out of MERS danger, no new cases having been reported since July 4. The outbreak was the largest outside Saudi Arabia, with confirmed infection in 186, 36 deaths, and about 17,000 in quarantine at its peak. Apart from closing schools and keeping shoppers at home, the economy was further weakened by the adverse effect on tourism.


As I’ve reported in the several other threads on the topic, there is no licensed vaccine, although recent research on animals ( mice and macaques ) in the USA has shown an immune response to a vaccine against a viral protein which the MERS-CoV uses to enter cells.