Saudi Arabia has begun work on a case-control study to try to pinpoint how people contract MERS-CoV, something that critics of the government's response have been demanding for many months, according to a Reuters report today.
The country now has 711 MERS cases and is considering a ban on importing camels.
More than a third of 113 MERS cases described in today's WHO update involved healthcare workers.
A special gathering convened by the WHO next week in Ghana will address the 'drastic measures' needed to curb the disease in West Africa.
Saudi Arabia reported two new MERS cases, while the WHO supplied new details about two earlier ones.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) over cleanliness shortcomings at its plant in Ste. Foy, Quebec, which makes Canada's seasonal flu vaccine, the Canadian Press reported today.
Clinical virology experts call for systematic monitoring patients, as Saudi Arabia reports 2 new cases.
Saudi Arabia reported one new MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case today, raising the country's official total to 706 cases.
The latest patient is a 45-year-old expatriate who is hospitalized in Riyadh, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in today's update. He has no preexisting conditions and is not a healthcare worker. The ministry gave no information about how he was exposed to the virus.
An outbreak of an unknown febrile illness that initially prompted suspicion for hemorrhagic fever or Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been diagnosed as dengue fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in a statement.
Further testing appears to show that a Bangladeshi case reported 4 days ago was not MERS.
