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Sep 17, 2013

Sep 17, 2013

Report: Filipino nurse in Saudi Arabia died of MERS

Officials said today that a 41-year-old Filipino nurse who worked in Saudi Arabia has died of MERS.

May 21, 2013

May 21, 2013

WHO expert concerned guest workers could spread coronavirus

(CIDRAP News) – A World Health Organization (WHO) expert has expressed concern that guest workers in the Middle East could carry the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to India and the Philippines, according to a media report, while a few more details emerged about three Tunisian cases reported yesterday.