First MERS Death in Iran

Health authorities in Iran have confirmed the first death caused by the MERS coronavirus after a middle-aged woman died in the country's southeastern province of Kerman. The 53-year-old woman was one of two sisters the health ministry said Wednesday had tested positive for the illness. "Despite all the efforts made by the medical staff, the patient who was infected by the coronavirus passed away," Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, transmissible diseases unit chief, ...