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Agencies said the patient had returned to Paris on April 17 after having spending nine days in Dubai as part of a package tour but it was not clear where he contracted the virus. On April 29, he was shifted to the isolation ward, they reported.
A spokesperson for the Dubai Health Authority said that they had kept a close eye on situation since the disease outbreak last year. “We urge health institutions to investigate any cases of people who have symptoms of serious lung infection like pneumonia and this is a protocol that is being followed internationally. Besides, health and other relevant authorities in the UAE are taking all necessary measures,” said the spokesperson.
Since September 2012, Saudi Arabia has reported 23 confirmed cases of which seven have died, Qatar two, Jordan two, Britain two and the UAE one.
Vigil as new coronavirus case is identified in Paris
Local authorities have urged health institutions to investigate any cases of people with unexplained pneumonia as a new case of the respiratory SARS-like virus has emerged in a patient who had travelled from the UAE to Paris.
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They said this protocol was being followed internationally, adding that all necessary measures were being taken to keep the virus at bay in the country. International news agency AP reported on Wednesday that the novel coronavirus case was the first in France and that the traveller had come from the UAE. Currently, the person –a French citizen- is in an isolation ward in an undisclosed location, said the report, adding that he was a tourist who was on a nine-day visit to Dubai.
Either the Ministry of Health or the Abu Dhabi Health Authority (Haad) was not available for comment until the time of the report going into print. The Dubai Health Authority, on the emirate-level, said that they had kept a close eye on the situation since the World Health Organisation (WHO) first reported the disease outbreak last year. “The Dubai Health Authority, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is closely following the WHO and Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC USA) protocols. All health institutions are aware of the virus and its symptoms.
We urge health institutions to investigate any cases of people who have symptoms of serious lung infection like pneumonia and this is a protocol that is being followed internationally. Besides, health and other relevant authorities in the UAE are taking all necessary measures. International and national authorities are closely monitoring the situation,” said a DHA spokesperson.
On Wednesday, the WHO said that since September 2012, Saudi Arabia has reported 23 confirmed cases of which seven had died, while Qatar, Jordan and Britain have two cases each and the UAE has one.
The new coronavirus, first identified last year in the Middle East, can cause acute pneumonia and kidney failure. Authorities are also trying to determine how humans are contracting the virus though it does not appear to be as contagious as SARS or the flu though it has been spreading among people in close contact. In 2003, SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome killed around 800 people worldwide. Of now, the WHO has not issued any travel guidelines to any of the affected countries including Saudi Arabia.
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