Two new deaths from the MERS coronavirus were confirmed by Saudi authorities, raising to 111 the number of fatalities since September 2012

It later said the death toll has now climbed to 111, revising its earlier figure of 109 deaths.
At the same time, 35 new cases of the severe respiratory disease have been recorded, raising the number infected in Saudi Arabia over the past two years to 396, the world's highest tally.
American health officials on Friday said the first case of MERS has been confirmed in the United States.
The person infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a health care provider who had travelled to Riyadh for work, they said.
Last week, Egypt recorded its first infection after a person who arrived from Saudi Arabia tested positive.
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MERS is considered a deadlier but less-transmissible cousin of the SARS virus that erupted in Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 people, nine percent of whom died.
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Some research has suggested that camels are a likely source of the virus.
Source-AFP