In related news, a new study finds that bats harbor thousands of coronaviruses.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported six new cases of MERS-CoV today, all linked to one or more of the current hospital outbreaks in Riyadh.
Officials are responding to several small healthcare clusters in the city.
Also, the Saudi MOH reports 5 new cases in Riyadh, 4 of which are healthcare-related.
The World Health Organization (WHO) in its latest update reported a new suspected case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), prompting the surveillance of 15 additional contacts. The suspected case is from the Ngayi health area, in northern DRC.
At least 10 of the Riyadh cases are healthcare related, possibly signaling a new hospital outbreak.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS yesterday in a man from Riyadh.
The 47-year-old expatriate is in critical condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The man is not a healthcare worker, nor did he have contact with camels. The source of his infection is listed as primary, which means it's unlike he contracted it from anyone else.
Saudi Arabia has announced one new MERS-CoV case over the past 4 days, according to updates from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) regional office for Africa released a new Ebola situation report today, noting fewer cases than previously reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Qatari Ministry of Health reported another case of MERS-CoV detected in the country, the country's third case this year, according to a story today in The Peninsula, a Qatari daily.
