Tuesday, 11 September 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (36): Saudi Arabia, South Korea, contact tracing, WHO

MERS -- Saudi Arabia
At the end of August 2018, a total of 2248 laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), including 798 associated deaths (case-fatality rate: 35.5 percent) were reported globally; 83 percent of these cases were reported from Saudi Arabia (1871 cases, including 724 related deaths with a case-fatality rate of 38.7 percent).
During the month of August [2018], a total of 9 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS were reported globally; 8 cases were reported in Saudi

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