The new deaths occurred on Monday, four of them in Red Sea commercial hub Jeddah and one in the capital Riyadh.
Saudi Announces 5 New MERS Deaths
Credit: cbc.ca
May 14, 2014

Via AFP:

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday five new deaths from MERS, raising the death toll in the country worst-hit by the mysterious coronavirus to 152 since it appeared in 2012.

The health ministry also reported four new infections with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome raising the total so far to 495.

The new deaths occurred on Monday, four of them in Red Sea commercial hub Jeddah and one in the capital Riyadh.

Acting health minister Adel Fakieh visited Jeddah's King Fahd Hospital where a spike in infections last month sparked public panic.

Fakieh, who last week sacked the hospital's dire...

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