# 7874
My thanks for the tweeted link from Helen Branswell on this brief update from the Saudi Ministry of Health, reporting a single new MERS-CoV case; a 73 year-old man from Riyadh.
Other than the the patients age and general location, the only other epidemiological information is the (slightly ironic) mention of no recent travel outside of the Kingdom. Ironic because, of the 140 known MERS cases to date, (86%) have originated from within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The discovery of the case of the new Corona virus in the Riyadh region
12/14/1434
In the framework of Investigation epidemiological and continuous follow-up carried out by the Ministry of Health for HIV (Corona) that causes AIDS Middle East respiratory MERS-CoV Ministry announces the registration of the case infected with the virus in Riyadh for the citizen at the age of 73 years old, and has several chronic diseases, and had no history of travel outside Riyadh recently, and receives the necessary care intensive care. God asking him a speedy recovery
