WHO has published Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - update for June 14. Unfortunately, today's announcement of three new cases and another death makes this update instantly out of date. Excerpt:
The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has announced an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases, including one death with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The first patient is a 63-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions from the Eastern region, the second patient is a 75-year-old man with underlying medical conditions from Al-Ahsa governorate and the third patient is a 21-year-old man from Hafar Al-Batin governorate who died.
Additionally, a previously laboratory-confirmed case has died.
Globally, from September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a total of 58 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including 33 deaths.
