The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Saudi Arabia's ministries of health and agriculture have launched a joint program for comprehensive MERS-CoV research on the Middle East, Arab News reported today as the country's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported no MERS cases for the 7th straight day.
The new patient is in Riyadh, and a study highlights a 38-patient cluster that saw a 55% fatality rate.
After a weekend with no MERS-CoV cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case today away from recent hot spots and yesterday reported the death of a previously confirmed patient.
The latest patient is a foreign health worker, the eighth case in a Hofuf hospital cluster.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed that a seven-case MERS-CoV cluster in Hofuf involves Almana General Hospital and includes a nurse, according to a machine-translated statement posted today by Avian Flu Diary, a leading infectious disease blog.
Two cases are part of what appears to be a growing hospital outbreak in Hofuf, and the other 2 are in Riyadh.
Two cases are part of a hospital cluster in Hofuf, Al-Kharj reported fatal MERS, and Riyadh has a new case.
Officials said 5 super-spreaders caused 83% of cases, and they confirmed a new MERS death.
The 2 patients in Riyadh are a health worker and a contact with a previous case.
The new Riyadh case bears similarities to several recent cases among a group of female roommates who work as janitors.
