The head of the World Health Organization is raising the alarm for health officials on an emerging deadly Middle Eastern virus. In her closing speech at the organization's annual international meeting in Switzerland yesterday, WHO Director General Margaret Chan said: "looking at the overall global situation, my greatest concern right now is the novel coronavirus." The virus, named MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) has killed 22 people and infected over 40 in multiple countries since it was first detected in Saudi Arabia back in November 2012. The term coronavirus comes from the molecular shape of this type of virus, which also includes the older SARS virus.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/28/4372622/who-director-calls-middle-eastern-virus-threat-to-world
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