Genetic sequencing has shown the MERS virus in a man and his sick camels to be identical.
Questions continue over possibly scores of previously unreported cases and deaths.
Saudi totals now stand at 689 MERS cases and 283 deaths.
As MERS arrives in Algeria, Saudi Arabia reports 6 more cases and the sacking of Ziad Memish, MD.
Just 1 Saudi case today, an Iranian patient has died, and the US plans serology tests.
Also today, scientists filled in more details about the first two Dutch MERS cases.
The man did not catch the disease from the first US MERS patient after all.
Iran reported its first 2 MERS cases, while Saudi Arabia has gone 2 days without any.
In addition to the 6 new cases, the FAO calls for an urgent increase in research on MERS-CoV in animals.
With the new cases, details emerge that Filipinos are among the recent MERS deaths.
