AFP, Riyadh -
Saudi Arabia has detected six new cases of the deadly coronavirus,
the health ministry said, raising the number of people infected from the
SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 30, half of them fatalities.Two of the infections were announced on Tuesday, a day after the ministry said four cases had been registered in Eastern Province, which has been gripped by panic after it was shown to be home to most of the cases in the kingdom.
“Two new confirmed infections were registered in Eastern Province,” it said on its website, adding that those infected were nurses and “are receiving needed treatment and medical care”.
The ministry had said late Monday that among the four other new cases, “one of the people has recovered and discharged, while the other three are still being treated”.
Saudi health authorities are now receiving advice from specialists from U.S. and Canadian universities, the ministry added.
Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia had said on Sunday that 24 people have contracted the coronavirus, and that 15 of them have died.
Continued: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/05/15/Saudi-ministry-Six-new-SARS-like-cases-detected.html
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