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MERS deaths in KSA passes 500 mark
2015-08-28
[ARABNEWS] Deaths from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrom (MERS) coronavirus in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has jumped to 502 with the announcement of four more fatalities on Thursday.

The Ministry of Health reported that the latest victims were all Saudis based in Riyadh, including three males aged 75, 63 and 58, and a woman aged 87.

Six new cases were also reported in Riyadh, with four at death's door. Six of the new cases are women with ages ranging from 25 to 77. The lone male new case is 78 years old.

The new cases brings the total to 1,171 in the kingdom since June 2012 when the coronavirus was first discovered. Of the total, 502 have died, 605 have recovered and the rest are under treatment.

The spike in MERS has is worrying because of the upcoming annual pilgrimage, according to Dr. Hanan Balkhi, head of the Health Ministry's national scientific committee of infectious diseases.

Posted by:Fred

#1  Call me when it's 500 a week.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-08-28 06:18  

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