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25-year-old Qatar man contracts MERS virus

  • Doha News Team
  • April 19, 2017
Photo for illustrative purposes only. Credit: Lesley Walker/Doha News A 25-year-old man has been diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), in the second case Qatar has seen this year.…
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Qatar health official: MERS vaccine likely by 2017

  • Lesley Walker
  • October 10, 2016
Several pharmaceutical companies are currently working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to research possible treatment of the virus and a vaccine.
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Young man diagnosed with MERS in Qatar

  • Lesley Walker
  • June 13, 2016
The news comes as researchers find that MERS has spread to a cluster of alpacas at a farm in Qatar, the first animals besides camels to have the virus.
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Expat camel worker in Qatar diagnosed with MERS

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • May 3, 2016
According to the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), the man has no pre-existing health issues and is in stable condition at a state hospital isolation ward, as per national protocol.
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Qatar’s first MERS patient in a year dies

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • March 10, 2016
The man suffered from several chronic diseases and is Qatar’s first recorded case of the virus since May 2015. He was admitted into Hamad Hospital with fever and cough after returning from a “neighboring country."
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Qatar sees first MERS case in almost a year

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • February 22, 2016
The patient has been exhibiting symptoms including fever and cough, after returning from “a neighboring country.”
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Qatar health authorities confirm two new cases of MERS (updated)

  • Lesley Walker
  • May 22, 2015
The man, believed to be the third patient in Qatar this year to come down with the respiratory virus, is currently in a stable condition and is in the hospital, which is equipped with "strict infection prevention and control measures," the SCH said.
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Health Council reports new MERS case in Qatar

  • Lesley Walker
  • February 2, 2015
The patient had complained of fever and joint pain for four days, before being transferred to Hamad General Hospital where he was treated.
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In first Qatar case this year, elderly man confirmed to have MERS

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • October 13, 2014
The 71-year-old Qatari patient had fallen ill while in Saudi Arabia, and air-lifted to Qatar. He is now being treated at a hospital here, the Supreme Council of Health said.
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