Friday, November 22, 2019

Saudi MOH announces 2nd MERS Case Of Epi Week 47





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The Saudi MOH has announced the second MERS case of Epi Week #47, which is the 11th case of November.  Today's case involves a 42 y.o. male who is listed as a `primary' case - with unknown camel contact - from Yanbu City.


https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/events/national/Documents/Epiwk47-19.pdf


While the level of MERS activity has dropped considerably since its peak in 2014-2015, the number of MERS cases reported by KSA in the first 11 months of 2019 is already 25% higher than was reported in all of 2018 (n=142).

October MERS Summary - Credit WHO EMRO