Saudi man dies of MERS virus

A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom's death toll from the SARS-like virus to 42, health authorities said Wednesday, adding a new case was registered.
The 38-year-old man who died in the eastern city of Hafr al-Baten had been "suffering from a severe lung infection," the health ministry said on its website.
It said that an expat in the western city of Medina suffering from chronic kidney failure was under intensive care after he contracted the virus, which began in the kingdom's Eastern Province.
Saudi Arabia is the country worst hit by MERS, which has killed 47 people globally.
The Saudi authorities say 84 people have been infected, representing the majority of those who contracted the virus worldwide.
Experts are struggling to understand MERS -- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome -- for which there is still no vaccine and which has an extremely high fatality rate of more than 51 percent.