The WHO this week announced the confirmation of a MERS-CoV case from early June in Al Ain city, on the border with Oman. The man, in his late 20s, has no underlying illnesses and there was no history of travel, or of ‘direct or indirect contact with dromedaries, goats, or sheep’. He has received supportive treatment for respiratory failure in an ICU and all of his contacts have cleared the period of monitoring without issue. Read more
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