PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV – Eastern Mediterranean (16): Italy ex Jordan, contact cases, WHO

Coronavirus — Worldwide/Unknown
The Ministry of Health in Italy, through the European Union’s Early Warning Response System, has notified WHO of a laboratory confirmed case with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a resident in the country.
The patient is a 45 year old man with recent travel from Jordan. He returned to Italy on 25 May 2013 with symptoms of cough and fatigue. His condition deteriorated and he was hospitalised on 28 May 2013. He is currently in a stable condition.
A laboratory test