Lior Hecht

Mom, Marathon Runner, Former pro basketball player, Pediatrician, Public Health resident iMOH 😀

[Shaul Amsterdamski 🤞 @amsterdamski2]

העמותה יצאה לקמפיין גיוס המונים. אני שגריר שלהם (בהתנדבות). במהלך סוף השבוע, כל שקל שתתרמו דרך הלינק שלי, יוכפל ויהפוך לשניים:
https://t.co/BDahnsZyjG

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@Nadav_Eyal והמונדיאל מעבר לפינה.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

רז יהי זכרך ברוך.

[Sport5 @sport5il]

בלתי נתפס💔

הראיון של @Noapoplinger עם רז אדם מלפני כמה חודשים😢

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

מכריזים על התפרצות האבולה בקונגו ואוגנדה כ PHEIC

(Public health emergency of international concern)

[Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @KrutikaKuppalli]

Glad to see @DrTedros and @WHO taking decisive action and declaring the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC and #Uganda a #PHEIC

Per the IHR, the criteria for a PHEIC include the following

1. The event is serious
2. Risk of international spread
3. Requires a coordinated international response
4. The event is unusual or unexpected

https://t.co/uaoYenljXv

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

התפרצות אבולה נוספת, בDRC.

שינויי האקלים גורמים למשבר בריאותי.
הspillopvers של מחלות זואונוטיות מבעלי חיים לבני האדם מהווה אתגר רציני שרק מחמיר בעקבות השינויים האקלימיים.

[Africa CDC @AfricaCDC]

Ebola Virus Disease outbreak confirmed in Ituri Province, DRC

Africa CDC is closely monitoring the situation and convening an urgent high-level coordination meeting today with the DRC, Uganda, South Sudan and global partners to reinforce cross-border surveillance, preparedness and outbreak response efforts.

Following consultations with DRC’s Ministry of Health and National Public Health Institute, preliminary laboratory results from L’Institut National de Recherche Biomédical - INRB Kinshasa detected Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples tested.

About 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones. Four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases. Suspected cases have also been reported in Bunia, pending confirmation.

🔗 Read full statement: https://t.co/YJQjVtLA4f

#EbolaOutbreak #HealthSecurity #DRC

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@gilatskili רפואה שלמה ובריאות מלאה, אם אפשר לעזור בכל דבר, בשמחה

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@leigh_or75670 בעיניי איזור כפרי, לא עיר.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

כל מילה.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

1/n: I could be wrong, of course, but my take about this hantavirus outbreak is less about the actual outbreak and more about what it means in the context of the last two decades and moving forward. Let me explain...

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@morad שמעתי אותו בAudible
לא הפסקתי, פשוט ספר מצויין. מעניין איך הסרט? :)

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@quay_dr @mattwridley @shay_fleishon

[Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @KrutikaKuppalli]

One of the most striking parts of the #AndesVirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius is that we are watching modern outbreak response collide with modern information chaos in real time.

The virus is spreading far slower than the information about it.

And that may be one of the defining public health challenges of our era.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@NBhgdrh איך מזמינים לישראל?

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

יודעים איך מזמינים את הFitBit Air לישראל?

[Google @Google]

Introducing Fitbit Air. It’s lightweight, screenless and comfortable enough to wear 24/7 — with a battery life* of up to a week.

* Battery life depends upon many factors and usage and actual battery life may be lower.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

המקום הכי בלתי אפשרי והכי מדהים בעולם לחיות בו.
מדינת כל גיבורותיה, כולן, כל אחת בדרכה.
יהי זכרה של עדן ברוך.

[כאן @kann]

"לי באותו יום היא היתה מגן אנושי, והיא היתה גופה. ולא יכולתי להתייחס אליה בשום דרך אחרת".
יובל רפאל מספרת על הרגעים הקשים במיגונית במסיבת הנובה, והאשמה שנשארה איתה

#פגישה עם @ronikuban, מוצ"ש בכאן 11 ובכאן BOX

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

נוסף חולה לסהכ 8 חולים עד כה, מתוכם 2 נפטרו, החולה הנוסף הינו חולה שוויצרי שהגיב למייל שקיבל לאחר חשיפה..
בנוסף יש אישור רשמי להיות הזן ANDES, מדבק אדם-לאדם.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Swiss authorities have confirmed a case of #hantavirus identified in a passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship.

He had responded to an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event, and presented himself to a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, and is receiving care.

In line with the International Health Regulations (IHR), WHO is working with relevant countries to support international contact tracing, to ensure that those potentially exposed are monitored and that any further disease spread is limited.

The type of virus in this outbreak has been confirmed as Andes hantavirus by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases @nicd_sa, South Africa and the Geneva University Hospitals @hug_ge, Switzerland
The support of the Institut Pasteur de Dakar @PasteurDakar, Senegal and the Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud @ANLIS_Malbran, Argentina has also been critical in responding to this event.

As of 6 May, there are 8 cases, 3 of whom are confirmed as hantavirus by laboratory testing.

WHO will continue to work with countries to ensure that the patients, contacts, passengers and crew have the information and support they need to stay safe and prevent spread.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@shay_fleishon יש את זה בציוץ רשמי של WHO
https://t.co/YCjz57YORc

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Swiss authorities have confirmed a case of #hantavirus identified in a passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship.

He had responded to an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event, and presented himself to a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, and is receiving care.

In line with the International Health Regulations (IHR), WHO is working with relevant countries to support international contact tracing, to ensure that those potentially exposed are monitored and that any further disease spread is limited.

The type of virus in this outbreak has been confirmed as Andes hantavirus by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases @nicd_sa, South Africa and the Geneva University Hospitals @hug_ge, Switzerland
The support of the Institut Pasteur de Dakar @PasteurDakar, Senegal and the Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud @ANLIS_Malbran, Argentina has also been critical in responding to this event.

As of 6 May, there are 8 cases, 3 of whom are confirmed as hantavirus by laboratory testing.

WHO will continue to work with countries to ensure that the patients, contacts, passengers and crew have the information and support they need to stay safe and prevent spread.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

יש אישור לכך שהזן הספציפי של ההאנטה-וירוס מהספינה הוא Andes שכן יכול להדביק אדם-לאדם

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Update: South African scientists confirm that the strain is Andes- which means human-to-human transmission possible between close contacts. Given a high mortality rate and no specific treatments or vaccines, containment super important here. Looks like Spain leading on response (with WHO) now.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

התפרצות הנטה וירוס על ספינת תענוגות שיצאה מארגנטינה, החשד הוא שמדובר בזן שמדביק בין אדם לאדם. (בשאר הזנים ההדבקה היא דרך חשיפה הפרשות נוזלי גוף של מכרסמים)

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

There is exactly one hantavirus that transmits between humans. It's been on a cruise ship for three weeks, and the ship is now locked out of port.

The MV Hondius boarded passengers in Ushuaia, Argentina. Gateway to Antarctica, southern tip of Patagonia. The Andes virus is endemic here. In late 2018, the Patagonian town of Epuyén, 870 miles from Ushuaia, had an outbreak that killed at least 11 people through person-to-person spread. The only known hantavirus that does this.

Every other strain, including the Sin Nombre virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife last year, requires you to inhale aerosolized rodent urine or droppings in an enclosed dry space. Deer mice. Dust. Stale air. No human-to-human transmission.

Andes broke that rule. The Hondius left Ushuaia three weeks ago, then visited Antarctica, the Falklands, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha, St. Helena, and Ascension before anchoring off Cape Verde. Hantavirus incubation runs 1 to 8 weeks. The voyage was exactly that window.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome kills 38% of symptomatic cases per CDC. Lungs fill with fluid. No cure exists. One UK passenger has lab-confirmed Andes hantavirus and is in ICU in Johannesburg. Five other suspected cases on board. Cape Verde will not let them dock. 149 people remain at anchor, including 17 Americans.

The doctor CNN interviewed said his first reaction was that the report had to be a misprint. It would have been, if the ship had departed from anywhere else.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@hilush80 הרוויחו אותי כלקוחה.
יהי זכרו של ימנו בנימין זלקה ברוך.

[Lior Hecht @LiorHecht]

@giladsfitness אני על 6050 צעדים, תוך כדי עבודה, הולכת, משתדלת כל שעה להשלים 1000 צעדים.