Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV related to ongoing outbreaks in three Riyadh hospitals.
A 68-year-old male expatriate who had preexisting disease has died from MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). He acquired the virus as a patient in a hospital.
Saudi Arabia today reported three more MERS-CoV illnesses linked to ongoing hospital-related outbreaks in Riyadh, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced three new MERS-CoV cases in Riyadh.
Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there were three separate hospital-based outbreaks of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) in that city. At least one of the new cases is tied to the hospital outbreaks, but none of the patients are healthcare workers.
The hospital clusters involve 23, 6, and 4 cases, with the first two connected by an infected patient.
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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.
