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Sweeping surge in MERS cases due to infection control problem in Saudi hospitals
Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, May 8, 2014 7:29AM EDT
TORONTO -- The sweeping surge in MERS cases over the past five weeks appears in large measure to be due to problems with infection control practices in some Saudi Arabian hospitals, the World Health Organization suggests.
A senior official of the Geneva-based agency says a team of WHO experts that recently returned from that country toured hospitals in the city of Jidda, one of the current MERS hotspots. What they saw pointed to lapses that have allowed the virus to spread among patients and health-care workers...
Sweeping surge in MERS cases due to infection control problem in Saudi hospitals
Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, May 8, 2014 7:29AM EDT
TORONTO -- The sweeping surge in MERS cases over the past five weeks appears in large measure to be due to problems with infection control practices in some Saudi Arabian hospitals, the World Health Organization suggests.
A senior official of the Geneva-based agency says a team of WHO experts that recently returned from that country toured hospitals in the city of Jidda, one of the current MERS hotspots. What they saw pointed to lapses that have allowed the virus to spread among patients and health-care workers...