Five new cases Coronavirus, first case detected in Oman

Redorbit.com reported that, as the annual hajj pilgrimage has come and gone in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health continues to monitor the situation for any signs of an increase in the number of cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). On October 29 and again on Oct. 31, 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported of additional laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS-CoV, as submitted by the Ministry of Health (MoH). As well, a case has been reported in Oman, the first laboratory-confirmed case from that Middle Eastern country. Read Article