Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens disinfect and clean all the city's streets, public parks and public sites
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"Drugs against viruses are a problematic thing, and it is doubtful that they will find a cure for Sars," she said
Dr. Galia Rahab, Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Sheba Hospital. Organization
The World Health Organization has created a collaboration between all countries to detect the spread of the virus
in the world, and to stop the outbreak of a global epidemic. "The cooperation exists, but there are countries
in which reporting is problematic such as China and Russia. When there is no cure or vaccine, the most important thing
What can be done right now is prevention: prevent contact with air, secretions or physical contact with a patient
or suspected of having the disease, and to take isolation measures," says Rahab.
"Viruses are not like bacteria, for which there are sometimes antibiotics," she said
explains "In the meantime, a drug has been found against viruses that cause influenza and herpes, but for most of them
The viruses that cause problems in the respiratory system have no drugs."
Development of a vaccine is possible only after the cause of Sars is finally discovered. In the meantime, laboratories were located
In ten countries in the world a virus from the "Corona" family is found in the blood of many patients, but more
It is not known whether the disease is caused by it alone, or in combination with other viruses.
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents began this morning (Saturday) an operation to clean the city's streets, in an attempt to stop the spread of the atypical pneumonia virus (SARS). The operation will last two days and will include disinfection and cleaning of all city streets, public gardens and all public sites, including restaurants and shops. The government called on each of the seven million citizens to participate in the cleanup. The number of deaths from the disease in the country is the highest in the world - 69 people. Recently, scientists from Hong Kong hypothesized that the disease is spread by cockroaches through the city's sewage system.
The US Secretary of Health, Tommy Thompson, said that American researchers have developed three methods to diagnose the Asian pneumonia (SARS). According to him, the methods will be ready within a week to ten days. Voice of Israel reported that the methods were developed at the Infectious Disease Research Center in Atlanta, and are being tested by the US Food and Drug Administration. The minister, who spoke at a press conference in Rome, noted that the tests will be distributed worldwide and will make it possible to diagnose her immediately.
At the same time, the Asian pneumonia continues to spread in the world. The first patient with the disease was discovered in India today, he was admitted to the hospital in New Delhi at the beginning of the month and tonight the results of the tests were received. As of today, his condition is defined as serious. The man recently returned from a visit to Singapore and Hong Kong. In Australia it is feared that three children have contracted the disease. It was reported that the children, who came to visit from Canada, were admitted to the hospital at the beginning of the month and have already recovered from the disease.
Haim Shadami adds: Last week, the World Health Organization announced that the cause of the inflammation, which has plagued the world since November and originated in Asia, had been identified. This is a virus from the "corona" family - a family of viruses that usually causes mild colds - which was not known in humans until now. In the last three weeks, evidence has accumulated that it is a virus from the Corona family, but the final confirmation was received only recently. "Thanks to the extraordinary collaboration of 13 laboratories in ten countries around the world, we now know with certainty the cause of the disease," said Dr. David Hyman, senior director of the World Health Organization.
The meaning of the discovery is that scientists around the world will now be able to concentrate on other aspects related to SARS, such as gathering genetic information about the virus and developing tools for rapid diagnosis of the disease, which, according to Heyman, will allow the outbreak of the epidemic to be successfully controlled in the world.
According to the World Health Organization, at least 3,300 people have contracted the disease and more than 160 have died from it in 26 countries around the world. Half of the patients in the world have already recovered from the disease. However, about half of the patients in the world have already recovered and been released to their homes. In June, the World Health Organization will hold a special international conference on SARS
According to researchers from the University of Hong Kong, this is indeed a completely new form of the corona virus. Prof. Malik Freiris, one of the team leaders, said that from the genetic sequence of the virus that has just been discovered, it can be said decisively that "this is not something we have ever seen in humans, not even in animals. It is clear that the source of the virus is in some animal, but at the moment it is unknown We know what kind of animal it is."
A news expert who follows the development of the SARS disease
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