Spain reports first case of Middle East virus

Spain's Health Ministry reported the country's first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus on Wednesday in a woman recently arrived from a trip to Saudi Arabia. The latest patient, resident in Spain and born in Morocco, was checked in to a Madrid hospital on November 1 and is in a stable condition, posing no risk to public health, the ministry's statement said. There have been 150 confirmed cases of the MERS virus worldwide, with 125 in Saudi Arabia.



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