{"id":10042,"date":"2025-03-01T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan02b\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:45:41","slug":"dhan02b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan02b\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan02b ~  Division of Public Health &#8212; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan02b.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->2b <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->March 12, 2003 11:15 pm <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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DISEASE OUTBREAK REPORTED<!--[END]-->\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--[type=HTMLEDIT name=\"Content\"]-->\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY WHO &#8212; CASES OF SEVERE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS MAY SPREAD TO HOSPITAL STAFF\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  12 March 2003 | GENEVA &#8212; Since mid February, WHO has been actively working to confirm reports of outbreaks of a severe form of pneumonia\n\n\n  in Viet Nam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China, and Guangdong province in China.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  In Viet Nam the outbreak began with a single initial case who was hospitalized for treatment of severe, acute respiratory syndrome of\n\n\n  unknown origin. He felt unwell during his journey and fell ill shortly after arrival in Hanoi from Shanghai and Hong Kong SAR, China.\n\n\n  Following his admission to the hospital, approximately 20 hospital staff became sick with similar symptoms.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The signs and symptoms of the disease in Hanoi include initial flu-like illness (rapid onset of high fever followed by muscle aches,\n\n\n  headache and sore throat). These are the most common symptoms. Early laboratory findings may include thrombocytopenia (low platelet\n\n\n  count) and leucopenia (low white blood cell count). In some, but not all cases, this is followed by bilateral pneumonia, in some cases\n\n\n  progressing to acute respiratory distress requiring assisted breathing on a respirator. Some patients are recovering but some patients\n\n\n  remain critically ill.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Today, the Department of Health Hong Kong SAR has reported on an outbreak of respiratory illness in one of its public hospitals. As of\n\n\n  midnight 11 March, 50 health care workers had been screened and 23 of them were found to have febrile illness. They were admitted to the\n\n\n  hospital for observation as a precautionary measure. In this group, eight have developed early chest x-ray signs of pneumonia. Their\n\n\n  conditions are stable. Three other health care workers self-presented to hospitals with febrile illness and two of them have chest x-ray\n\n\n  signs of pneumonia.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Investigation by Hong Kong SAR public health authorities is on-going. The Hospital Authority has increased infection control measures to\n\n\n  prevent the spread of the disease in the hospital. So far, no link has been found between these cases and the outbreak in Hanoi.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  In mid February, the Government of China reported that 305 cases of atypical pneumonia, with five deaths, had occurred in Guangdong\n\n\n  province. In two cases that died, chlamydia infection was found. Further investigations of the cause of the outbreak is ongoing. Overall\n\n\n  the outbreaks in Hanoi and Hong Kong SAR appear to be confined to the hospital environment. Those at highest risk appear to be staff\n\n\n  caring for the patients.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  No link has so far been made between these outbreaks of acute respiratory illness in Hanoi and Hong Kong and the outbreak of `bird flu,`\n\n\n  A(H5N1) in Hong Kong SAR reported on 19 February. Further investigations continue and laboratory tests on specimens from Viet Nam and\n\n\n  Hong Kong SAR are being studied by WHO collaborating centers in Japan and the United States.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Until more is known about the cause of these outbreaks, WHO recommends patients with atypical pneumonia who may be related to these\n\n\n  outbreaks be isolated with barrier nursing techniques. At the same time, WHO recommends that any suspect cases be reported to national\n\n\n  health authorities.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  WHO is in close contact with relevant national authorities and has also offered epidemiological, laboratory and clinical support. WHO is\n\n\n  working with national authorities to ensure appropriate investigation, reporting and containment of these outbreaks.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For more information contact:<br>\n\n\n  Dick Thompson &#8211; Communication Officer<br>\n\n\n  Communicable Disease Prevention, Control and Eradication WHO, Geneva<br>\n\n\n  Telephone: (+41 22) 791 26 84<br>\n\n\n  Email:thompsond@who.int<br>\n\n\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/2003_03_12\/en\/print.html\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/2003_03_12\/en\/print.html<\/a>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  NOTE: CDC is working with WHO to investigate this outbreak. 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