A view of Al-Mamlaka hospital in the Saudi capital Riyadh
GENEVA: Three new cases of a new SARS-like virus have been detected in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organisation reported yesterday.
“The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional three laboratory confirmed cases of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV),” the UN body said in a statement.
“They are currently in critical condition,” it added. The organisation said the latest report brought to 27 the global total of laboratory confirmed cases, including 16 deaths.
