Saudi Arabia's health ministry today reported three more MERS-CoV cases, two of them linked to ongoing outbreak activity in Wadi ad-Dawasir in the south-central part of the country.
Today the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry reported three more cases and two new deaths in an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The outbreak now stands at 788 cases, including 486 deaths, and 191 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Saudi Arabia has now logged 22 MERS cases in 2019, and at least 4 new cases in Wadi ad-Dawasir were acquired in a healthcare facility.
Today Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS-CoV cases, both in Wadi Al Dawasir, a town in south-central Saudi Arabia.
In an update to its epidemiologic week 5 report, the MOH said the patients were a 44-year-old man and a 62-year-old women, both hospitalized for their MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infections.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported another case of MERS-CoV today, this time in a man who had contact with camels.
In an update to its epidemiologic week 5 report, the MOH said the patient was a 65-year-old man from Buraydah. He is hospitalized for his MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection.
Two Middle East countries reported new MERS-CoV cases today, including four in Oman and one in Saudi Arabia, according to separate health ministry announcements.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Jan 25 declared a public health emergency as a step to boost its response to a measles outbreak that has now sickened 34 in the Vancouver area, with 1 case confirmed in King County in the Seattle area.
Saudi Arabia's health ministry today reported two more MERS-CoV cases, both involving men from Riyadh who apparently didn't have exposure to camels or people with known infections.
In its update to its epidemiologic week 4 report, the ministry said the patients, ages 53 and 69, are both hospitalized for their MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infections.
Washington state's Clark County, which is part of the Portland, Ore., metropolitan area, has declared a public health emergency related to a measles outbreak, with 22 cases confirmed so far, along with 3 more suspected cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday posted a summary of five MERS-CoV cases reported by Saudi Arabia during December, covering new clinical details that weren't included in initial reports.
