Tuesday, 26 February 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (26): Saudi Arabia (MD,RI) WHO

MERS -- Saudi Arabia
On [6 Feb 2019], the National IHR Focal Point of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified the WHO of an ongoing outbreak of MERS-CoV infection in Wadi Aldwasir city and one of its hospitals (referred to as Hospital A). Between [29 Jan 2019 and 13 Feb 2019], 39 cases of MERS-CoV infection, including 4 deaths, were reported. At the time of writing, this outbreak remains ongoing. Human-to-human transmission has occurred between the index patient and health care workers, patients in the emergency

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6338037&promed&0

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