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While much of our attention today has been focused on Hong Kong’s first imported H7N9 case, another story we’ve been following has been the family cluster of MERS in Abu Dhabi, consisting of a 38 year old husband, his 32 year-old wife, and 8 year old son (see WHO MERS-CoV Update – Dec 2nd). The mother was 8 months pregnant, in critical condition, and reportedly delivered in the past 24 hours.
This afternoon, multiple news sources are reporting she has died . This from The National.
Mother of Jordanian boy, 8, diagnosed with Mers coronavirus dies in Abu Dhabi
The National staff
December 2, 2013 Updated: December 2, 2013 23:01:00
The mother of an eight-year-old Jordanian boy diagnosed with the Mers coronavirus (Mers-Cov) in Abu Dhabi has died, the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (Haad) announced on Monday.
The woman, 32, had been in critical condition and had recently given birth after being hospitalised because of the illness, the World Health Organisation said.
The boy and his father, 38, are stable and they are receiving the required care, Haad said.
Local news agency Wam reported that the boy was found to have Mers-Cov during medical check-ups of family members after his father was recently diagnosed with the same virus.
