MERS Coronavirus: Nine New Cases, Two More Deaths
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iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Nine more people have contracted the MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, including two female health care workers in the Kingdom’s Eastern region, according to health officials.
One of the health care workers was based in Al-Ahsa — ground zero for the biggest cluster of MERS cases known to date, many of them linked to a single health care facility. Neither health care worker showed symptoms before testing positive for the virus, according to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health.
Those most recently infected ranged in age from 7 to 15, the Ministry said. Once again, none showed symptoms before testing positive for the virus during routine epidemiological surveillance.
Two more people died from the virus over the weekend, including a 32-year-old cancer patient, according to the Ministry, bringing the death toll in Saudi Arabia to 34.
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