An additional case of MERS-CoV today as well as a recovery over the weekend have been reported from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH). They bring the cumulative totals in that country since June 2012 to 983 cases, including 428 deaths, 552 recoveries, and 3 active cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it and partner groups working on earthquake response in Nepal are deploying extra medications and equipment to prevent the spread of diarrheal diseases such as cholera, which can spread when disasters damage and contaminate the clean water supply.
Groups estimate that at least 2.8 million people have been displaced, with many living in 16 makeshift camps.
Four cases of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia, one of them fatal, were officially reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the period Apr 14 to 20, according to an update today.
The new cases, all previously reported by the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) and noted by CIDRAP News, are in adult men, and tracing of household and healthcare contacts is ongoing.
Researchers have found that 29% of live camels in Saudi Arabia harbor MERS-CoV in their noses, and 62% of dead ones harbor the virus in their lungs, according to a study in Emerging Infectious Diseases yesterday.
Saudi Arabia today reported two more MERS-Cov cases in different cities, after a weekend with no new cases.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new MERS-CoV infection in a 65-year-old man from Duba, located in the northwestern part of the country.
The man has symptoms, didn't have contact with any suspected or known cases, and is listed in stable condition, according to an MOH statement. He is not a healthcare worker (HCW).
Saudi Arabia today announced a new, severe MERS-CoV case in a 93-year-old man in Mecca after the country went 4 days without confirming a case.
The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) said the Saudi man is hospitalized in critical condition. He is not a health worker and had no recent contact with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases.
A canine influenza outbreak affecting dogs in Chicago and other Midwest locations is being fueled by a virus closely related to Asian H3N2 strains and not H3N8 as originally thought, researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin announced yesterday.
Also, the WHO in its most recent update notes frequent camel contact.
A 9-month boy tested positive for Ebola after he died in Sierra Leone's Kailahun district, a former hot spot for the disease that had not seen a case over the past 4 months, Reuters reported today.
