scholarly journals A case of imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection and public health response, Greece, April 2014

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Tsiodras ◽  
A Baka ◽  
A Mentis ◽  
D Iliopoulos ◽  
X Dedoukou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Initial Presentation ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Healthcare Environment ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

On 18 April 2014, a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was laboratory confirmed in Athens, Greece in a patient returning from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Main symptoms upon initial presentation were protracted fever and diarrhoea, during hospitalisation he developed bilateral pneumonia and his condition worsened. During 14 days prior to onset of illness, he had extensive contact with the healthcare environment in Jeddah. Contact tracing revealed 73 contacts, no secondary cases had occurred by 22 April.

scholarly journals A Second-Order Disaster? Digital Technologies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512094816
Author(s):  
Mirca Madianou
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Health Response ◽  
The One

One of the most striking features of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom has been the disproportionate way in which it has affected Black, Asian, ethnic minority, and working class people. In this article, I argue that digital technologies and data practices in the response to COVID-19 amplify social inequalities, which are already accentuated by the pandemic, thus leading to a “second-order disaster”—a human-made disaster which further traps disadvantaged people into precarity. Inequalities are reproduced both in the everyday uses of technology for distance learning and remote work as well as in the public health response. Applications such as contact tracing apps raise concerns about “function creep”—the reuse of data for different purposes than the one for which they were originally collected—while they normalize surveillance which has been traditionally used on marginalized communities. The outsourcing of the digital public health response consolidates the arrival of the privatized digital welfare state, which increases risks of potential discrimination.

scholarly journals New episode of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia: an emerging public health threat

Public Health ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 149-151
Author(s):  
Abdul Waheed Khan ◽  
Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson ◽  
Zeeshan Nasim ◽  
Fazli Zahir ◽  
Abid Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Health Threat ◽  
Public Health Threat

scholarly journals Longitudinal study of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection in dromedary camel herds in Saudi Arabia, 2014–2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maged Gomaa Hemida ◽  
Abdulmohsen Alnaeem ◽  
Daniel KW Chu ◽  
Ranawaka APM Perera ◽  
Samuel MS Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Dromedary Camel ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

scholarly journals Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia

mBio ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz N. Alagaili ◽  
Thomas Briese ◽  
Nischay Mishra ◽  
Vishal Kapoor ◽  
Stephen C. Sameroff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Dromedary Camels ◽  
Coronavirus Infection
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