Rice University staffer who tested positive for coronavirus is one of two Harris County cases
The Rice employee, the other Harris County patient and the Fort Bend County patient all traveled to Egypt in February.
Author: Michelle Homer
Published: 5:55 PM CST March 5, 2020
Updated: 5:56 PM CST March 5, 2020
HOUSTON — A Rice University staffer has tested positive for coronavirus, the university confirmed Thursday evening.
This is one of two coronaviruses confirmed in Harris County. One case is also confirmed in Fort Bend County.
All three people, 2 men and a woman, traveled to Egypt in February.
CHINA
Beijing hospital confirms nervous system infections by novel coronavirus
Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-05 17:28:01|Editor: huaxia
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — Chinese doctors have proved for the first time that the novel coronavirus can cause damage to patients’ central nervous system.
Doctors from Beijing Ditan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, a designated institution treating the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), announced Thursday that they have cured a male patient whose cerebrospinal fluid had the virus.
Previous studies show that COVID-19 may attack multiple organs, including kidneys, livers and heart, but there are no records about the central nervous system damage.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/05/c_138846529.htm
I am beginning to think some of these travel cases were caught at the airports (foreign or domestic) or the airplanes themselves.
“This is one of two coronaviruses confirmed in Harris County. One case is also confirmed in Fort Bend County...All three people, 2 men and a woman, traveled to Egypt in February”
They also went to Dubai on that tour. I’m thinking they picked it up there, from Iranians who frequent that city.