Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – A foreigner has died from MERS while eight people including five health workers have been infected in the Saudi city of Jeddah, where the spread of the coronavirus among medics has sparked panic. The health ministry late Saturday announced the death of the man and said five health workers — two women and three men — and three other people had been infected by the virus in Jeddah. Health minister Abdullah al-Rabiah visited hospitals in Jeddah on Saturday in a bid to calm residents. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it had been told of 212 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS infection worldwide, of which 88 have proved fatal.
Foreigner dies of MERS in Saudi, 8 infected
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