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The World Health Organization has posted a GAR update on 4 MERS-CoV cases; the two cases reported on Wednesday (see Saudi Arabia Reports 2 More MERS-CoV Cases) along with two asymptomatic contacts of one of those cases which ProMed Mail reported yesterday.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - update
Disease Outbreak News
30 August 2013 - WHO has been informed of an additional four laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Saudi Arabia.
The first patient is a 55-year-old man with an underlying medical condition from Medina who became ill on 17 August 2013 and is currently hospitalised.
The second patient is a 38-year-old man with an underlying medical condition from Hafar al-Batin who became ill on 8 August 2013 and died on 17 August 2013.
The third and the fourth cases are family contacts of the second patient. Both the cases, a 16-year-old boy and a seven year-old girl, tested positive for the MERS-CoV virus. They are both healthy and do not have any symptoms of illness.
Globally, from September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a total of 108 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including 50 deaths.
