Saudi Arabia Reports 11 New Cases of MERS Virus

Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had discovered 11 more cases of the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), including what appeared to be the first case in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.   A health ministry statement said eight of the people were in intensive care, two were stable, including a 24-year-old Saudi man from the “holy capital” Mecca, and one showed no symptoms. Three of those affected worked in health care, it said.   Saudi Arabia has witnessed...

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