MERS Virus Deaths Increase to 15 in Saudi Arabia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkIQlFHhvUW7tBqAJSdroqWh-4I-4Dw4q3nYOOcJworGB3fE7g0At5aOKLWWGEJ6BR19ejUnv16br4m2BWyrvllHavlUpjWxXRnpkunW3qW4Incw_r6vrhKY8HFeAX1HYVL0FpV99zes/s1600/00000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkIQlFHhvUW7tBqAJSdroqWh-4I-4Dw4q3nYOOcJworGB3fE7g0At5aOKLWWGEJ6BR19ejUnv16br4m2BWyrvllHavlUpjWxXRnpkunW3qW4Incw_r6vrhKY8HFeAX1HYVL0FpV99zes/s640/00000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 12px;"> DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says 15 more people have died after contracting the Middle East respiratory syndrome, known as MERS, in the last seven days amid a surge in contractions in the capital, Riyadh.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 12px;"> The Health Ministry's most recent figures on Thursday show that 498 people have died in Saudi Arabia after contracting the virus since it was first identified in 2012, compared to 483 a week ago.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 12px;"> The kingdom also registered 47 new cases in the past seven days, all but two in Riyadh. That brings the total number nationwide to 1,165, with 64 receiving treatment and 603 fully recovered.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 12px;"> The MERS virus belongs to the family of viruses known as coronaviruses. MERS can cause symptoms such as fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.</div>

MERS Virus Deaths Increase to 15 in Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says 15 more people have died after contracting the Middle East res...

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