Riyadh: Saudi Health authorities announced six new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Riyadh.
The Ministry of Health said that Two Saudi women and three female expatriates contracted the virus inside a medical establishment in the Saudi metropolitan city, reported local Arabic daily Al-Riyadh.
The ministry said in a statement that an 82-year-old woman has also been diagnosed with the viral disease in the province of Najran.