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AFP | Geneva May 29, 2013 Last Updated at 21:45 IST
Death toll from SARS-like virus hits 27: WHO
The global death toll from a SARS-like virus has risen to 27, the World Health Organisation said today after three patients died in hard-hit Saudi Arabia and another in France.
The new virus was last week renamed the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, or MERS, reflecting the fact that the bulk of cases are in that region.
There have been 38 confirmed infections in Saudi Arabia, with 22 fatalities, according to WHO figures...
AFP | Geneva May 29, 2013 Last Updated at 21:45 IST
Death toll from SARS-like virus hits 27: WHO
The global death toll from a SARS-like virus has risen to 27, the World Health Organisation said today after three patients died in hard-hit Saudi Arabia and another in France.
The new virus was last week renamed the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, or MERS, reflecting the fact that the bulk of cases are in that region.
There have been 38 confirmed infections in Saudi Arabia, with 22 fatalities, according to WHO figures...