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A fever, coughing, and vomiting are some of the symptoms of the potentially fatal respiratory infection known as camel flu, which is being advised to football fans returning from Qatar.
According to the UK Health Security Agency, close contact with camels can result in the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (Mers).
According to The Times, the organization has advised UK medical professionals to “be vigilant” to the possibility of returning World Cup spectators exhibiting symptoms of the disease.
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The risk of infections for UK citizens is very low, but it may be higher in people who have been exposed to particular risk factors in the region, like camels.
Camels are thought to be the natural host of the virus, which is from the same family as the virus behind the Covid pandemic
MERS SYMPTOMS: Its symptoms include a fever, cough, breathing difficulties, diarrhoea and vomiting
‘Mers can be acquired from close contact with camels or from consuming camels products eg, unpasteurised camel milk.’
Close contact with an infected individual poses additional hazards. Many delighted spectators are said to have taken camel rides in Qatar while following England’s World Cup campaign.
Up till now, the UK has documented five Mers cases, with the most recent one occurring in August 2018.
The UK Health Security Agency last month released routine recommendations; there have been no newly reported cases.
Since the disease was first identified in 2012, there have been 2,600 cases reported worldwide, with the majority occurring in the Arab peninsula, according to the World Health Organization.
According to reports, more than a third of afflicted people passed away. In Qatar, there have been two cases reported.
Symptoms of the disease include fever, coughing and vomiting.
Anyone returning to Britain with symptoms that could be MERS—which resemble cold or flu symptoms—is advised to seek medical advice and disclose their travel history so that infection control and testing can be conducted.
Following the onset of cold-like symptoms in a UK resident who had recently traveled to Uganda, where the virus is rife, similar measures sparked an Ebola scare there last month.
Doctors try to relieve a patient’s symptoms because there is no specific treatment for the illness. About 35% of people who contract MERS pass away as a result.
