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Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus – update 31 May 2013
31 May 2013 – The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The patient is a 61-year-old man with underlying medical conditions who became ill on 20 May 2013. The patient is from Al-Ahsa. Additionally, three patients earlier reported from Al-Ahsa have died.

The government is continuing to investigate the outbreaks in the country.

Globally, from September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a total of 50 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including 30 deaths.

Yellow fever in Ethiopia – update 31 May 2013
31 May 2013 – The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia is launching an emergency mass-vaccination campaign against yellow fever from 10 June 2013. This is in response to laboratory confirmation of six cases in the country on 7 May 2013.

The campaign aims to cover more than 527, 000 people in the following six districts: South Ari, North Ari, Benatsemay, Selamago, Hammer, and Gnangatom and one administrative town (Jinka) in South Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.

The International Coordinating Group on Yellow Fever Vaccine Provision (YF-ICG11) will provide over 585,800 doses of yellow fever vaccine for the mass vaccination campaign run by the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia, with support from the GAVI Alliance and other partners. WHO is closely supporting the outbreak investigation, capacity building for case management, resource mobilization for outbreak management, and monitoring preventive and control activities in the field…

Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update 29 May 2013
29 May 2013 – The National Health and Family Planning Commission, China notified WHO of an additional laboratory confirmed case of human infection with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) virus.

The patient is a six-year-old boy reported from Beijing who became ill on 21 May 2013 and is in stable condition.

To date, WHO has been informed of a total of 132 laboratory-confirmed cases, including 37 deaths.

Authorities in affected locations continue to maintain surveillance, epidemiological investigations, close contact tracing, clinical management, laboratory testing and sharing of samples as well as prevention and control measures. City and provincial governments have started to normalize their emergency operations into their routine surveillance and response activities.

So far, there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission…