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Posted: November 08 2016 at 7:19am |
Saudi Arabia reports new MERS cases
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) yesterday and today. On Sunday, the MOH said a 52-year-old man from Bahrah was in critical condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV. The man had direct contact with camels. Though experts aren't clear on the route of transmission, exposure to camels (including drinking raw camel milk) is a known risk factor for MERS-CoV. Today a 58-year-old expatriate woman from Najran was listed in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS. She is listed as a primary source of infection, which means she did not contract the virus from someone else. Confirmation of the latest infections raises Saudi Arabia's MERS-CoV total to 1,475 cases, 615 of them fatal. Seven people are still being treated for their infections, after a 51-year-old Saudi woman from Kharj made a recovery over the weekend. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/11/news-scan-nov-07-2016 |
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