Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Is Carelessness or Ignorance the Bigger Problem?
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a new threat for humans. Also known as ‘camel flu’, it is a viral respiratory illness first identified in 2012 in Saudi Arabia, where so far it has caused over 280 deaths. Since then it has spread to other countries. As of late June 2015, South Korea was the […]
Keep Your Pandemic Plan Updated in Case of MERS
Is another pandemic on the way? The generic coronavirus is common everywhere, but this one – Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV – is a particularly virulent strain. It’s also on the move. The World Health Organization published information on May 1st about serious infection of a hospital patient in Egypt who had returned […]