Saudi Arabia's health ministry today announced two more Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections, one of which appears to be in a health worker with an asymptomatic infection who had contact with a confirmed case, according to a machine-translation of a statement posted on the ministry's Web site.
The WHO's emergency committee decided not to call MERS a public health emergency at this point.
MERS-CoV has struck three family members, one fatally, and was found in camels linked to patients.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed three cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Saudi Arabia that the country's Ministry of Health (MOH) first reported last week. Two of the cases proved fatal.
As has been the pattern with Saudi MERS-CoV cases, the WHO report contained little information on the cases.
The WHO says MERS is likely sustained by both human-to-human spread and infection from animals.
A 37-year-old Riyadh resident has died of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, according to a brief translated statement from the Saudi Arabian health ministry today.
The number of people infected by Salmonella linked to chicken products produced by Foster Farms at three facilities in California has grown to 389 in 23 states and Puerto Rico, up by 27 cases and 2 states in the past 3 weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday.
Besides new Saudi cases, a Qatar man has died, and debate continues on the role of camels in transmission.
The WHO today confirmed the first two MERS cases in Kuwait, and Spain may have a new case.
Two men, one from Oman and one thought to be from Qatar, both of whom had underlying conditions, are the latest patients.
