MERS kills 10 more in Saudi Arabia
The MERS virus has killed 10 more people in Saudi Arabia over the past week, pushing the death toll above 400, as health officials broaden their campaign to halt its spread, AFP reports.
Saudi Arabia is the country worst-hit by Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The latest deaths occurred between February 27 and March 5, adding to a surge of cases that killed 30 people in February alone.
Six of those deaths were in Riyadh, health ministry data show.
A total of 936 people have been infected with MERS since it was first identified in the kingdom in 2012, and 402 of them have died.