Possible confirmed US SARS case

WTOP TV Washington DC | 18 Apr 2003 | libtoken

[twigs]

Keep us posted. Hope your sister stays well and healthy! What precautions are they taking there?

[Sloth]

Laws, yes!

[Formermasslurker]

This is very scary stuff. There was a report in the Boston Globe this morning about a daycare center in my home town that was shut down because of a 3 year old boy who recently returned from China who was having flu like symptoms. My wife stays home with my kids but she met a Chinese woman the other day at Barnes & Noble who has a 3 yr old boy who goes to day care here in town. That coupled with the fact that my kids are sniffling alot this week freeked me out when I saw the story this morning. Fortunately my wife exchanged phone numbers with this woman when they met so she was able to call her and ease my fear by confirming that this was not the same child from the story.

[aristeides]

SARS Investigation

Health officials are investigating the first suspected case of SARS in Central Virginia. They will only say the victim is a woman who lives in the Hanover Health district. That district includes Hanover, Goochland, Charles City and New Kent counties. She'd recently been out of the country and reported symptoms similar to SARS on Wednesday.

People who've come in contact with the victim have been told they could be at risk. The CDC is also investigating the case.

http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=1239072

[relee]

From TV 10 in Norfolk-

In mid-March, a Chesapeake man who had just returned from an Asian trip was placed in isolation after displaying SARS-like symptoms. He has since recovered and is not contagious.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the Chesapeake man tested positive for coronavirus. Scientists at CDC and other laboratories have detected a previously unrecognized coronavirus in patients with SARS.

"None of the suspect SARS cases in Virginia have led to additional infections," said State Health Commissioner, Dr. Robert B. Stroube on Tuesday. "We do not believe the general public is at risk for infection from SARS as a result of any of the cases in Virginia. The only people who could potentially be at risk are health care workers caring for patients with SARS and close family contacts."

[Judith Anne]

Hanover, Chesapeake, how many Virginia cases are we talking about? Seems like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing...

[aristeides]

Interesting article on contagion: How one person can fuel an epidemic .

[_Jim]

SARS -- April 17, 2003

The number of suspected SARS cases in Texas remains at seven.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today reported that 208 suspected cases of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, in 34 states are under investigation in the U.S.

All of the suspected cases from Texas had traveled to Hong Kong, Singapore or the Guangdong province of China.

The seven [total] are from: Harris (2), Collin (2), Lubbock, Fort Bend and Travis counties.

All are adults. None of the seven is hospitalized.

Four have recovered. Three are recovering. The Lubbock County resident, who has recovered, had not been in that county since becoming ill.

The Texas Department of Health (TDH) reports there is no connection between the two suspected cases from Harris County or the two suspected cases from Collin County.

TDH officials stress that all 208 cases in the U.S. are suspected cases under investigation, not confirmed or absolute.

TDH officials also said no secondary cases have been reported in Texas and that there is no indication of an increased risk of illness for the general public. They said current information about SARS indicates that spread of the illness is primarily through respiratory droplets or fluids in direct or close contact situations. More information about SARS is available on the Web at www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars. CDC updates a state-by-state Web listing of suspected case counts each workday by 4 p.m. CDT.

GOOD signs!

[T'wit]

Maybe the first in Virginia. According to an Asian source I have, citing the WHO (I believe), the U.S. is already third in the world with 193 known cases. (As of April 15)

[libtoken]

Thanks for the added news report, as well as the clarification that this was a recovered patient now confirmed as having had coronavirus.

Besides this patient, WJLA-TV in Washington DC most recently reported that there are five suspected cases in Virginia (none revealed yet so far in Maryland or DC). There is no indication that any of these five fit the CDC definition of "probable SARS".

[blam]

"The seven [total] are from: Harris (2), Collin (2), Lubbock, Fort Bend and Travis counties.

Harris and Ft. Bend are the Houston area. I used to live in Ft Bend county.

[_Jim]

Local news had it that *both* the (suspected at thio point) Collin cases (closer to me) had recovered!

And - I forgot the link to the Texas Department of Heath 'Updates Page' from which the previous bit was extracted:

http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/news/updates.htm

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Any update on whether this is true?

[iceskater]

Sounds like one confirmed in Tidewater. The case in Hanover Health District just hit the news outlets yesterday and is not yet confirmed as far as I know. I thought I heard that person lives in Henrico county but I may not have heard that correctly. I think there are a couple of other suspected cases in Virginia (No. Va. and Tidewater mostly) but none of these have been confirmed either.

[aristeides]

Health officials say another Virginian may be sick with SARS

The Associated Press,
WFLS News

(Richmond-AP) -- State health officials say another Virginian may be sick with severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.

A woman in the Hanover Health District is suspected of having the illness. The health district is comprised of Hanover, New Kent, Charles City and Goochland counties.

That brings to six the current number of suspected SARS cases in the state. The number fluctuates as health officials identify new cases, or rule out others.

This latest case was reported to state health officials on Wednesday. No further details were released.

SARS has killed more than 170 people and sickened three-thousand worldwide.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2003/042003/04182003/1050696837

[TBall]

Let’s just hope that SARS is not reoccurring and he will not have future episodes.

[Walkingfeather]

My worry is the blood drives that have been going on for the war effort. Ine pint of Sars blood from an infected person that doesn't have symptoms..... our military will be a huge risk because of close quarters.

[ainitfunny]

There were 145 children (AND if they contracted it, their families too)exposed to that 3 year old BOY(CONFIRMED AS A SUSPECT CASE OF SARS) who attended school for THREE DAYS WHILE ILL AND AFTER HAVING BEEN SEEN BY DOCTORS THE PREVIOUS WEEK! The parents did not tell the Dr. or school that they had visited China and the Dr. therefore did not suspect SARS!

[flamefront]

An interview with the sister of one of the SARS patients in WV was on the radio tonight with art bell. She said that the hospital did not either quarantine or ask for special procedures wehn visits were made by the family. Within 5 days the mother and sister developed sysmptoms.

She said the hospital did not want any bad publicity, so they treated it like a common case of respiratory disease!

Perhaps as the CDC marks it numbers down from 200 to 35 cases that it also is wishfully trying to avoid public reaction. Shades of hte Chinese coverup.