Arrives in USA
A health care worker who had just returned from Saudi Arabia, is diagnosed with MERS. The patient began experiencing shortness of breath, coughing, and fever on April 27. He was admitted to Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, after first going to the emergency room there. He is currently isolated and in stable condition. Dr. Anne Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General with the U.S. Public Health Service said:
The virus poses a very low risk to the broader general public, and has not been shown to spread easily from person to person
Putin Demands Ukraine Pull Forces From Southwest
In a conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Putin demands that Ukraine must remove its military from the southeastern region of the country to resolve the show-down there with Russian militants. He emphasizes that in addition to all military being removed, violence must be stopped and a national dialogue be launched as part of the constitutional reform process involving all regions and political forces. Christina Wirtz, a spokeswoman for Chancellor Merkel, told Interfax that the Chancellor “reminded President Putin of Russia’s responsibility as a member of the O.S.C.E. and called on the president to use his influence.”