News Item – Saudi hospital shuts down emergency ward as 46 contract MERS

Dr. Hanan Balkhi of the Health Ministry’s department for infectious diseases said that of the 46 people infected at King Abdulaziz Medical City in the capital, Riyadh, 15 were medical staff. Another 20 people showing symptoms are currently being tested to see if they have contracted the virus, she added.

The patients from the ward, which is to remain closed for two weeks, are being transferred to other hospitals, she said.

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