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A Filipina
nurse working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is now identified among the most recent
people infected with the Middle East Respiratory Sundrome-Corona Virus, widely
known as MERS-CoV.
Latest
reports have it that the victim is currently quarantined at the hospital in
Riyadh, where she is working and is now placed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
for proper treatment.
In an
interview with reporters, the husband of this OFW nurse (from Bacolod City,
Negros Occidental) said his wife is currently being alleviated at the
hospital's ICU, with some tube fitted into her lungs. She reportedly got the infection from another MERS-CoV infected patient whom she's been taking care of.
Despite all
apprehensions, the husband remains hopeful that his wife will recover completely
from such infection.
Pertinent
reports have further said the hospital where this Filipina nurse works, is classified among
the high-tech hospitals in Riyadh, thus it is fully equipped with contemporary equipment
for treating patients. A good friend and her co-worker of presently takes care
of this MERS-CoV infected nurse.
More
Filipino nurses are likewise being quarantined in the same hospital, as they
are feared to have the MERS-CoV infection similar to the recently diagnosed Filipina nurse.
MERS-CoV death toll, now at 109
According
to the most recent data from health authorities, the number of
casualties from MERS-CoV infection in Saudi Arabia is now at 109.
Latest
fatalities include a 25-year old male from Jeddah and a 69-year old female from
Mecca, according to Saudi health authorities.
Moreover,
health experts in Saudi have also recorded another 35 new cases of MERS-CoV,
making the total number of cases now at 396 -- world's highest tally, thus far.
Besides the
Middle East, MERS-CoV infection has now purportedly penetrated some parts
of the United States, as well as in Egypt. Health experts have figured out that
the first MERS-CoV carriers have acquired the infection after visiting Saudi
Arabia.
Possible MERS-CoV in Iloilo province?
Quarantined residents in the province of Iloilo due to potential MERS-CoV infection
is now increasing, after an Ilongga OFW who just arrived from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has
shown some symptoms of the disease.
Local
reports said aside from this returning OFW, two security guards of the
hospital, and a nurse, are also being quarantined due to possible MERS-CoV symptoms.
The said returning OFW
is now being confined at Western Visayas Medical Center, wherein doctors are
getting samples for swab test, according to pertinent reports.
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