Health officials in Qatar confirmed that another man died after being infected with the MERS coronavirus, making it the second fatality caused by the SARS-like virus in the country.
MERS Virus may Pose a Threat for Hospitals
A new study claimed that the deadly coronavirus may pose a threat in hospitals since it spreads quite rapidly and has a high mortality rate
A new study claimed that the deadly coronavirus may pose a threat in hospitals since it spreads quite rapidly and has a high mortality rate
On Saturday, the council said that an infected man has been cured.
Another Qatari died of the virus in a hospital in Britain on June 28.
MERS Virus Death Toll Hits 33
SARS-like virus MERS has raised the global death toll to 33, the WHO claims
SARS-like virus MERS has raised the global death toll to 33, the WHO claims
MERS -- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome -- is considered a cousin of the SARS virus that erupted in Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 people, nine percent of whom died.
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Study Says Camel may be MERS Virus Host
Arabian camel can be a possible host of the deadly human MERS virus plaguing the Middle East, say researchers.
Arabian camel can be a possible host of the deadly human MERS virus plaguing the Middle East, say researchers.
According to research published last month in the American health journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, MERS was transmitted to humans from bats, but a study in the Lancet found the virus could have come from camels.
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