The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported one new case of MERS-CoV on Dec 24, in the city of Afif.
A 28-year-old Saudi man is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. The MOH said the man had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS-CoV.
An Escherichia coli outbreak in Canada linked to romaine lettuce now involves five provinces, with 30 cases reported so far, 1 of them fatal, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said yesterday in an update.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new case of MERS-CoV in Bisha, the third within the last week.
A 67-year-old Saudi woman is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. Her source of infection is listed as "primary," meaning it's unlikely she contracted the virus from another person.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV over the past week, according to its daily updates on the disease.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV infection today.
In the past, the city has experienced outbreaks of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya that were spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) on Nov 3 said a sexually transmitted Zika infection has been confirmed in Miami-Dade County, affecting a person whose partner had recently traveled to several countries, including Cuba, where active transmission is occurring.
Uganda's recently announced second lab-confirmed Marburg virus patient—part of a family cluster— visited two traditional healers for his symptoms, one of them across the border in western Kenya, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) said today in its weekly outbreak and health emergencies bulletin.
A fatal yellow fever case has been confirmed in a resident of Itatiba, a city in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, located about 50 miles north the state's capital city, according to an Oct 17 city government statement translated and posted yesterday by ProMED Mail, the online reporting system of the International Society for Infectious Diseases.
After a 9-day lapse in cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a MERS-CoV infection in a 77-year-old man in Riyadh who had contact with camels before he got sick.
In a statement, the MOH said the man is a Saudi citizen who has symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) and is listed in stable condition.
