WHO says Saudi misdiagnosis caused MERS outbreak

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The wrong diagnosis of a woman suffering from the MERS coronavirus led to more than 49 other patients and medical staff being exposed to the disease in a Saudi hospital, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Tuesday. The unnamed 49-year-old from Buridah city developed symptoms on June 9 and was admitted to hospital on June 10 where she was in a critical condition in an intensive care unit, the WHO said. On June 12, she tested positive for Middle Eas