After going 8 days without a case, Saudi Arabia reports 3 in young foreign women.
Jordan's health ministry today reported another MERS-CoV case, involving a 53-year-old man who had contact with an earlier case, according to a report from Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). The story's Amman dateline and the man's status as a contact suggest that his infection is likely related to a hospital outbreak in the Jordanian capital.
Despite suspected MERS, the Saudi man's body can't be tested due to embalming.
Two of four Jordan cases involve health workers, and contact info in a Riyadh case is being probed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received reports of 113 additional cases of salmonellosis likely linked to cucumbers in the past week, raising the outbreak total to 671, the agency said in an update yesterday.
A case update from the WHO showed a variety of exposure types, with some unknown.
Saudi Arabia had gone 2 days without reporting a case.
Kuwaiti health officials have notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about a fatal MERS-CoV case, in a 78-year-old man from Kuwait City who owned camels and had frequent contact with them, according to a WHO statement today.
Medical coverage for the Hajj includes enlisting 25,000 extra health workers and 8 earmarked hospitals.
The 22 recent Saudi patients noted by the WHO include 8 health workers, and Jordan's outbreak involves 2 girls.
