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May 15th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Saudi state media, citing the Health Ministry, reported four new cases on Monday and two more on Tuesday in Eastern Province, which has most of the cases in the kingdom.
The ministry said that a total of 30 people were infected by the deadly coronavirus in the kingdom, and 15 of them died.
“Two new confirmed infections were registered in Eastern Province,” the ministry said on its website, adding that those infected were nurses and “are receiving needed treatment and medical care”.
The ministry had said on Monday that among the four other new cases, “one of the people has recovered and discharged, while the other three are still being treated”.
On Sunday, Saudi Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia said the kingdom had a total of 24 confirmed cases since the disease was identified last year.
“The number of people who contracted the virus in the kingdom since August/September is 24, of whom 15 have died,” al-Rabia told a news conference in Riyadh.
In addition, Al Rabie said three more people are suspected of having contracted the virus in Saudi Arabia.
The novel coronavirus, also known as nCoV-EMC, is a cousin of SARS. The virus first emerged in the Middle East, and was discovered on September 2012 in a Qatari man who had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia.
Cases have been reported in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar, Britain and Germany, and health officials have said the virus has likely already spread between people in some circumstances.
Health authorities are trying to find out how humans are contracting and spreading the virus and what the best remedy to treat it is.
According to the reports, most patients diagnosed with the virus are elderly men.
It does not appear to be as contagious as SARS, which killed some 800 people in a 2003 epidemic.
The novel coronavirus is most closely related to a bat virus. Scientists are considering whether bats or other animals like goats or camels are a possible source of infection.
The World Health Organization has advised countries to test any people with unexplained pneumonia.
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