New deadly corona virus HCov-EMC
A new and deadly virus has reared its ugly head causing great concern among the international health community. hCov-EMC, also known as human coronavirus: Erasmus Medical Center was first recognized in mid-2012. This deadly mutated strain of coronavirus is apparently very lethal; So far, 5 of the 11 known victims of this deadly disease have died. This mutated virus is similar to a strain of coronavirus found in bat populations. Unfortunately, it appears that this deadly new virus has made the leap from animals to humans and, even more disturbing, there has recently been human-to-human transmission.
The first registered victim was identified in June 012 when a 60-year-old man appeared at a Jidda Saudi Arabia hospital with flu-like symptoms and difficulty breathing. Within days of his admission to the hospital, this patient died of kidney failure and severe pneumonia. In the last 7 months, 11 more cases have been identified, including one in England in early 2013. This particular case of hCov-CME was particularly disturbing to international infectious disease researchers and the WHO (World Health Organization) because The British victim apparently contracted the deadly new coronavirus from her father, who had recently traveled to the Middle East. The apparent ability of the virus to pass from animal to animal and then rapidly from human to human is very disturbing.
Symptoms of hCov-EMC infection are flu-like, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath, which rapidly progresses to severe pneumonia and kidney (kidney) failure. Public health officials have sounded a warning to the international community to advise all medical and medical centers to be aware of and report any unusual respiratory infection. This new coronavirus is similar to SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and possibly even more lethal and more infectious. While the low infection rate so far indicates that hCov-EMC currently has a low transmission rate, health officials are very concerned that at any moment this deadly new strain of corona virus could further mutate into a highly contagious disease. it could spread quickly to people. to person internationally.
Only time will tell whether or not hCov-EMC will be our next plague and whether we have developed the right antibiotics to stop it. The increasing rate of disease transmission from animals to humans continues to alarm the global health community. With the increase in international travel, we continue to see an increase in the mutation and spread of diseases from humans to animals (zoonoses) originating in remote areas of the world (where close contact between humans and animals occurs more frequently). At any moment, one of these new and deadly diseases could unleash a deadly international plague. It is imperative that we are alert and prepared to face what seems to be the inevitable.