(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) A 40 year old Omani man with 'underlying medical conditions' died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the man was first admitted in a hospital in Muscat on February 15, and then readmitted to a hospital in Abu Dhabi on March 17. ''His condition deteriorated and he died on March 24,'' the WHO added in a statement.
''Laboratory-confirmation was done on March 21. The patient had no history of recent travel outside of Oman and UAE, and had no reported contact with animals or a laboratory-confirmed case. Further, epidemiological investigation is ongoing.''
With this death, the total number of confirmed worldwide MERS-CoV cases stand at 200 including 85 deaths.
The Ministry of Health had reported Oman's first MERS-CoV death in November last year. Another death reported from the sultanate was that of a 59 year old Omani man who died on December 30.
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