MERS-CoV [to 29 August 2015]
Global Alert and Response (GAR) – Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
:: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia – 27 August 2015
Between 22 and 23 August 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 13 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Twelve (12) of these reported cases are associated with a MERS-CoV outbreak currently occurring in a hospital in Riyadh city… Globally, since September 2012, WHO has been notified of 1,474 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including at least 515 related deaths.