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    Posted: September 02 2016 at 9:14am
First case of MERS confirmed in Saudi Arabia in 6 days

The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a case of MERS-CoV infection today after 5 days of no new cases. In the last 6 weeks, there's been a slowdown of MERS diagnoses in the country, which has been battling an outbreak of the respiratory disease since 2012.

According to the MOH, a 40-year-old man from Al Hofuf is in critical condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The MOH described the expatriate as having contact with camels.

Direct and indirect contact with camels is a known risk factor for contracting MERS, but researchers do not yet know how the animals pass the disease to humans.

Saudi Arabia's MERS case count has now reached 1,449, including 610 deaths and 3 patients still being treated, according to the MOH.
Aug 31 MOH update

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/08/news-scan-aug-31-2016

Comment: I find it odd that every year right before Hajj the rate of MERS diagnoses in KSA slows to a minimum! What a coincident!
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