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  • MERS
    MERS infection, death rates slowing down, says Saudi govt

    The rate of new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections and deaths have slowed down, the Ministry of Health announced on its official website.

  • MERS
    Saudi MOH: 1 New MERS Case, Reiterates Warnings On Camel Contact

    While 90% of adult camels have antibodies to the MERS coronavirus, the actual percentage of camels that are actively infected, and capable of transmitting the virus, is fairly small and their period of infectivity is relatively short.

  • 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.

  • MERS
    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.

  • MERS
    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.

  • MERS
    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.

  • MERS
    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).

  • MERS
    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.

  • MERS
    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.

  • MERS
    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.