Saudi Arabia records 5 more MERS cases this month

17 February 2020

This year the Ministry of Health has reported on 20 MERS cases from across the kingdom, including what is thought to be a cluster of six among healthcare workers in Abha in January. The five coronavirus cases recorded this month are all categorised as ‘primary’. In the latest WHO update (Dec 2019), almost 2,500 cases had been reported world-wide since 2012 with more than 2,100 of those in Saudi Arabia. Read more.

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