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| Saudi Arabia - 79 MERS Cases In 2019 |
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Epi week 9 kicks of with two more MERS cases reported from Saudi Arabia, the first being a 24 y.o,. female listed as a secondary, household contact from Riyadh. The Saudi Capital has now reported 13 cases since the 1st of the year, second only to Wadi Aldwasir (n=49).
While there were no Riyadh cases in epi week 8, 3 cases were reported from the Saudi Capital in Epi week 7, The last report from Riyadh was on February 12th, involving a 16 y.o. female - also listed as a secondary household contact.The second case is from Onaziah (aka `Unaizah') in the Qassim region, involving a deceased 96 y.o. female listed as a Primary case, with no known camel exposure.
Onaziah is located about 20 miles due south of Buraidah, which in the past 2 weeks has reported 2 other primary cases, 1 with camel contact, and the other without.
Two cases announced on Thursday from Wadi Aldwasir remain unclassified, and are still listed as `under investigation', and we've seen no further information from Oman since February 14th's announcement of 4 New MERS Cases, bringing their 2019 total to 10.
