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Cumulative cases since outbreak start — WHO DON bulletin dated 2025-12-24
Official report date — in isolated zones, field onset typically precedes this by days to weeks.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) — WHO global update, 24 December 2025: 17 of the 19 globally reported cases came from Saudi Arabia. The article attributes 4 deaths globally without a country-by-country breakdown; all 4 are attributed here as no evidence ties any death to France's 2 cases. Source: WHO Disease Outbreak News DON591.
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HealthWatch Global. MERS-CoV outbreak — Saudi Arabia [Internet]. 2025-12-24 [cited 2026 Jul 05]. Available from: https://healthwatch-global.com/en/outbreak/9c7cf0b2-786e-4117-aa4c-55454e01b616. Data source: WHO DON.
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