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MERS death toll 400 in Saudi Arabia

By: Agencies   | | Published: March 3, 2015 4:51 pm
Tags: In the news  MERS Coronavirus  MIddle East Respiratory Syndrome  Saudi Arabia  
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Riyadh, March 3: Four more people have died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-Cov), raising the toll to 400, a media report said on Tuesday. The health ministry on Monday said all the victims were male, Arab News reported. Three of the victims, aged 91, 89 and 60, were from Riyadh and the fourth was a 45-year-old foreign worker in the central city of Buraidah, the ministry said. (Read: MERS-CoV claims two more lives in Saudi Arabia; death toll rises to 363) Also Read - Ganesh Chaturthi 2020: 4 reasons an eco-friendly Ganesha is good for you

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All four fatalities had pre-existing diseases prior to catching the coronavirus. Most other MERS deaths have pre-existing diseases, ministry records have shown earlier. Four new infections were also reported, bringing the total number of MERS-CoV cases in Saudi Arabia to 931 since June 2012. All the new cases were reported in Riyadh. Three are Saudis — a 61-year-old woman, a 63-year-old man and another male aged 53 — and the fourth is a male expatriate worker aged 57. (Read: 12 fast facts about MERS-CoV) Also Read - WHO warns against blanket measures, says new coronavirus ‘less deadly’ than SARS, MERS

Two of the cases are listed to be in critical condition. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cited the preliminary results of studies indicating that people working with camels are at high risk of infection from MERS-CoV, and young camels are particularly susceptible. (Read: 902 cases of MERS discovered, 385 deaths in Saudi Arabia)

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Published : March 3, 2015 4:51 pm
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