*The Ministry of Health said on Monday that two senior citizens in Riyadh have been afflicted with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus and one of them has **t survived. In a report posted on the ministry's website, the MoH Command & Control Center said the latest fatality was a 74-year-old male, who had ** pre-existing disease. With these two new cases, the total number of confirmed MERS cases in Saudi Arabia since 2012, when MERS was identified, rose to 722. On August 3, the MoH reported 10 confirmed new MERS cases during the fasting month of Ramadan, and subsequent Eid Al-Fitr holiday.
08-13-2014, 06:40 AM
MoH reports 2 MERS cases after lull
*The Ministry of Health said on Monday that two senior citizens in Riyadh have been afflicted with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus and one of them has **t survived. In a report posted on the ministry's website, the MoH Command & Control Center said the latest fatality was a 74-year-old male, who had ** pre-existing disease. With these two new cases, the total number of confirmed MERS cases in Saudi Arabia since 2012, when MERS was identified, rose to 722. On August 3, the MoH reported 10 confirmed new MERS cases during the fasting month of Ramadan, and subsequent Eid Al-Fitr holiday.
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