Saudi Arabia's health ministry today reported a new MERS-CoV case, the second case in 2019 and involving a household contact of a previous patient, according to an epidemiologic week 1 notification.
"This outbreak is occurring in the most difficult context imaginable," WHO head says.
With 10 news cases, the outbreak has grown to 608 infections and 368 deaths.
A healthcare worker is under observation as the DRC reports 5 new Ebola cases.
The DRC health ministry says protest-related disruptions carried over to a second day.
Eleven suspected patients who fled during vandalism voluntarily returned.
Also, the country's election commission has delayed the vote in some Ebola-hit areas.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry today reported three more cases and seven more deaths in the country's ongoing Ebola outbreak, as the number immunized topped 50,000.
Ebola transmission continues to occur over 14 health zones, and 336 people have died in the outbreak.
Marburg virus, harbored by fruit bats, has over the years caused 12 known outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa.
