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MERS Cases Reported in the United Kingdom, South Korea

September 13, 2018 Lauren Goodwin

  On September 3, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a single confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS Co-V or MERS)

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Coronavirus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

November 6, 2012January 25, 2023 David Scales

The Saudi Arabian Deputy Minister of Health, Ziad Memish, reported a third case of a novel coronavirus appearing in the capital Riyadh. He reported the

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DRC and Ugandan Muslims Banned from Mecca for Fear of Ebola and Cholera

October 22, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

The Saudi Arabian government has banned people from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from making this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca because of

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Novel Coronavirus in UK and Saudi Arabia

September 24, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

The WHO is reporting a single case of an acute respiratory syndrome with renal failure in the United Kingdom. Laboratory testing confirmed a novel coronavirus,

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Mass Gatherings Series: From the Experts

December 5, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

During our Infectious Disease and Mass Gatherings Series, The Disease Daily had the opportunity to speak with Dr. David Heymann and Dr. Bonnie Henry via

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Special Edition: HealthMap’s Increased Infectious Disease Surveillance for This Year’s Hajj

November 12, 2010January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Mass gatherings bring together people and pathogens (germs) from all over the world.  Such events present unique challenges to infectious disease surveillance.  Normally rare diseases

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