Via CIDRAP, Lisa Schnirring writes: WHO confirms another novel coronavirus death. Excerpt:
Saudi Arabia's latest NCoV case is the fifth reported so far this year. Three of the patients were part of a family cluster in the United Kingdom, providing additional evidence of person-to-person spread. The first patient sickened in that cluster was a man who had traveled to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia before he became ill.
In its statement today, the WHO encouraged all member states to continue surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections and to look for any unusual patterns. The agency said it is working with experts and countries in which cases have been reported to assess the developments and review surveillance and monitoring recommendations.
The new virus, which is most closely related to coronaviruses in bats, was first reported in September in a Saudi man.
