re: Illinois man tests positive for MERS in 1st U.S. spread of the virus

More information on the two men involved:

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The patient is a male health-care worker in his 40s, who lives and works in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

He traveled to the US from Jeddah on May 1 "on commercial flights via London Heathrow with travel from London to Boston, Massachusetts; from Boston to Atlanta, Georgia; and from Atlanta to Orlando, Florida," the UN agency said.

The patient began feeling unwell on May 1 on the flight from Jeddah to London with a low-grade fever, chills, and a slight cough. On May 9, he was seen in an emergency room and hospitalized. The patient is currently in a stable condition.

The first patient was a male US citizen in his 60s. He lives and works in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. He traveled to the US from Riyadh to Chicago on April 24 via London Heathrow with travel from Chicago to Indiana by bus.

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Seems like new cases of this virus are popping up in Saudi Arabia every week.