Sunday 11 May 2014

Saudi Arabia warns of MERS virus risk from camels


Handout transmission electron micrograph shows the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus Saudi Arabia said people handling camels should wear masks and gloves to prevent spreading Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), issuing such a warning for the first time as cases in the kingdom of the potentially fatal virus neared 500. Health experts say camels are the most likely animal reservoir for the disease, which the Saudi health ministry reported late on Saturday that seven more people had caught. MERS is a coronavirus like SARS, which killed around 800 people worldwide after first appearing in China in 2002. More than a quarter of the 480 diagnosed with MERS in Saudi Arabia, the focal point of the outbreak, have died.








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