MERS Outbreak Update 140609

The USA Emergency Broadcasting Network Virtual Emergency Operations Center MERS Outbreak Report for June 9, 2014

Since Government Organizations Do not want to publish total numbers of cases for fear of panic, USAEBN will be trying to track it. All numbers might not be accurate, corrections will be forthcoming. Current Reports indicate the follows:

Middle East

• Saudi Arabia 698 Cases; 285 Fatalities
• United Arab Emirates (UAE) 36 Cases; 1 Fatalities
• Qatar  68 Cases; 10 Fatalities
• Oman  1 Cases; 1 Fatalities
• Jordan  3 Cases; 2 Fatalities

• Kuwait  3 Cases; 0 Fatalities

• Iran  4 Cases; 1 Fatalities
• Lebanon 1 Cases; 0 Fatalities

Europe

• United Kingdom (UK)  2 Cases; 0 Fatalities

• France  2 Cases; 0 Fatalities

• Germany 2 Cases; 0 Fatalities

• Tunisia  2 Cases; 0 Fatalities

• Italy  1 Cases; 0 Fatalities

North / South America

• United States of America (USA) 3 Cases; 0 Fatalities

Asia

• Malaysia  1 Cases; 0 Fatalities
• Philippines  22 Cases; 0 Fatalities

Africa

• Algeria  2 Cases; 0 Fatalities
• Egypt 1 Cases; 0 Fatalities

MERS, so far, has a revised death rate of about 30% and is highly contagious with close contact of the patient who is extremely sick with pneumonia. The death rate is falling due to better monitoring systems coming online and identifying symptoms of MERS earlier than before.