Saudi Arabia announces nine new MERS cases as Yemen reports its first.
Northern states appear to have higher rates of Escherichia coli O157 than southern states do, and young children appear to be infected most often, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today in Epidemiology & Infection.
All told, officials report 10 new MERS cases, 3 fatal.
The patients are all from Jeddah; the WHO, meanwhile, confirmed 5 other cases.
Saudi Arabian officials today reported four Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in Riyadh, one of them fatal and the other three severe enough to require intensive care.
A Saudi emergency department was closed for disinfection over MERS concerns after recent cases.
At least 4 health workers are among 9 new MERS cases reported by Saudi Arabia over the past 2 days.
The trickle of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases continued today with a report of three more in Saudi Arabia.
The cases include one in Jeddah province and two in the Riyadh region, according to a translation of a Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) statement posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed a new fatal case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in a 64-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The WHO has revised its guidance on studies to pinpoint how the virus is infecting people.
