Saudi Arabia reports five new MERS deaths
May 18, 2014 09:19 AM
Particles of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus that emerged in 2012 are seen in an undated colorized transmission electron micrograph from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). REUTERS/National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Handout via Reuters
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has reported five new deaths from the MERS respiratory virus, bringing the death toll in the world's worst-hit country to 168.
In its latest tally, issued Saturday, the Health Ministry said the total number of infections in the kingdom from the coronavirus since it first appeared in 2012 now stood at 529 people.
Among the latest fatalities were two men aged 67 and 55 and an 80-year-old woman in Jeddah, the port city where a spate of cases among staff at King Fahd Hospital last month led to the dismissal of its director and the health minister.
In addition, a 71-year-old man and another aged 77 died in Riyadh and Medina respectively, the ministry website reported.
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Health
authorities in Saudi Arabia have reported three more fatalities from
the MERS respiratory virus, taking the death toll in the world's
worst-hit country to 163.
The health ministry website
also revealed on Saturday that 520 cases have been recorded in the
country since MERS appeared in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
It
said three women died on Friday; a 48-year-old in Riyadh, a 67-year-old
in Taif, and woman in Jeddah whose age was not disclosed.
A
spate of cases among staff at King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah last month
sparked public panic and the dismissal of its director and the health
minister.
Other nations including Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon, the Netherlands, the UAE and the US have also recorded cases,
mostly in people who had been to Saudi Arabia.
On
Wednesday, the World Health Organisation said its emergency committee,
which includes global medical and policy experts, had flagged mounting
concerns about the potentially fatal virus.
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