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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Five patients are hospitalized for symptoms of infection by a new coronavirus

Well I am not so sure about this story but will start looking around, all I have seen so far..Don't hold me to it..

See the symptoms of the new coronavirus
25TH SEPTEMBER 2012 KL. 20.28

Five patients are hospitalized for symptoms of infection by a new coronavirus. 

Five patients have been hospitalized Tuesday at Odense University Hospital for symptoms of infection by a new coronavirus.

It is believed that they have been infected while traveling in Qatar and Saudi Arabia recently.


The symptoms are:

Fever

* Cough - and increased secretions (mucus, ed.) By coughing

* Flu-like pain in the body

* Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

* It takes about seven to ten days from infection to disease.

* There are different types of coronavirus, which usually give the common cold, cough and snot, but rarely can also cause more serious infections of the respiratory tract.

* The new coronavirus belonging to the same group of viruses as the SARS virus, which has led to more serious diseases.

* SARS is an acronym for 'severe acute respiratory infection'. The disease affected countries including China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan in 2003 and 2004, killing about 800 people dead across the globe.

Source: Odense University Hospital, National Board of Health, told AFP.http://politiken.dk/turengaartil/rej...-coronavirus/?