PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (23): Saudi Arabia (AS) animal reservoir, human contact, OIE, RFI

MERS -- Saudi Arabia
Information received on [and dated] 20 Apr 2017 from Dr Mohammed Alblowi, Director General, Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratories, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
Summary
Report type: Follow-up report No. 5
Date of start of the event: 29 Dec 2015
Date of confirmation of the event: 20 Jan 2016
Report date: 20 Apr 2017
Date submitted to OIE: 20 Apr 2017
Reason for notification: Emerging disease
Morbidity: 2.36 percent
Mortality: 0 percent
Zoonotic

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