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MERS Update: Old Data Emerges in Saudi Arabia, News on Jordan and Algeria

June 9, 2014March 23, 2022 Alexandra Thomsen

The case count of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) in Saudi Arabia has risen from 575 to 688, following a review of old data

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First Case of MERS-CoV in United States

May 2, 2014March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, otherwise known as MERS-CoV, has arrived in the United States. Indiana reported the country’s first case on May 2.

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Brief Update on Novel Coronavirus

May 16, 2013March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Since our last report on the novel coronavirus, nCoV or MERS, the numbers have risen. There are now 40 cases and 20 deaths attributed to

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France Announces Second Novel Coronavirus, or MERS, Case

May 13, 2013March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Since Friday, May 10, a second case of novel coronavirus (now being referred to as MERS or Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus) was detected in

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Novel Coronavirus Arrives in France

May 10, 2013March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

France’s Pasteur Institute has confirmed the first case of novel coronavirus (NCoV) in France. The 65 year-old man, who remains unnamed, was first hospitalized in

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Novel Coronavirus Kills 2 More in Jordan

December 4, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Recent lab testing by the WHO confirmed two more deaths from coronavirus infections that occurred in Jordan in April 2012. These cases bring the coronavirus

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Coronavirus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

November 6, 2012March 23, 2022 David Scales

The Saudi Arabian Deputy Minister of Health, Ziad Memish, reported a third case of a novel coronavirus appearing in the capital Riyadh. He reported the

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DRC and Ugandan Muslims Banned from Mecca for Fear of Ebola and Cholera

October 22, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

The Saudi Arabian government has banned people from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from making this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca because of

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