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  • MERS
    Saudi Arabia reports 5 more MERS cases

    Saudi Arabia reported five more MERS cases over the weekend, raising the total for this month to 37, but no new cases were announced today.

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    MERS virus claims three more lives in Saudi Arabia

    Three people who were being treated for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus at a government hospital in Riyadh have died and four others have contracted the deadly virus within the space of 24 hours on Monday.

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    MERS count rises in Saudi Arabia, Germany, Qatar

    The late-winter stream of MERS cases in Saudi Arabia continued with seven more reported over the past 3 days, while Germany reported a case imported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar cited its second case of the year.

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    MERS death toll in Saudi Arabia hits 400

    Four more people have died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-Cov), raising the total in the Kingdom to 400, the Ministry of Health’s Command and Control Center said Monday.

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    Saudi MERS deaths reach 400 as cases surge

    Saudi Arabia's surge of MERS-CoV cases and deaths continues into March, with 15 more cases reported over the past 3 days, as well as 6 additional deaths, pushing the country's fatality count to 400, according to statements from the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH).

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    Opinion: The world should learn from the Ebola crisis to combat MERS in Saudi Arabia

    There is growing evidence that the natural reservoir of MERS, which first appeared in 2012, is dromedary camels, and last year’s peak in the spring seemed to coincide with the weaning period of camel calves. A new seasonal oscillation may be starting now. But there are worrisome and unexplained gaps in recent case reports. This month alone, the kingdom reported 57 new cases, and 21 deaths, and many had no known exposure to camels. A large number of the new cases are in Riyadh.

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    Almost all Gulf camels have MERS, warns Saudi health official

    Almost all camels in the Gulf are infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a Saudi Health Ministry official has been reported as saying.

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    U.N. experts warn of ‘critical knowledge gaps’ on Saudi MERS virus

    Saudi Arabia has not done enough to investigate and control a deadly new MERS virus that has killed hundreds of people there and remains in many ways a mystery, United Nations health experts said on Monday. Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are surging again, but Saudi health officials and scientists appear unable to explain where the infections start and how they spread, the UN experts said.

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    U.N. investigates surge in Saudi MERS cases

    An international team of United Nations human and animal health experts has flown to the Kingdom to investigate a recent surge in cases of a deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) caused by coronavirus.

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    WHO Mission to Saudi Arabia to Target Mers Corona Virus

    A World Health Organization mission is going to Saudi Arabia in the coming week, at the request of the government, to take preventive measures against an anticipated spring season upsurge of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS-Corona virus.