Even though the COVID epidemic may have ended, the virus is still spreading over the planet. On Monday, the WHO announced a new case of MERS-CoV in Abu Dhabi.
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which has the potential to be lethal, was discovered in a man in his twenties after he was taken to the hospital last month, according to the World Health Organization.
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The WHO, according to Reuters citing WHO, was unable to identify any relationship between the man’s contact with any of the 108 people on the list and the virus‘s transmission.
It is common to catch the virus from animals like camels. There were no indications that the individual had come into contact with dromedary camels, though.
- MERS-CoV discovered in twenties man; lethal potential.
- WHO cannot link man’s contact to 108 list members to virus transmission.
- Zootonic virus spreads from humans to animals; Saudi Arabia’s most ill.
The virus was discovered in 27 nations, including Algeria, Austria, Bahrain, Jordan, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Oman, the Philippines, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, the Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, United States, and Yemen. In 2012, Saudi Arabia reported the first MERS-CoV case.
There have been 2,605 instances of the virus documented overall, according to the WHO, and 936 deaths have been linked to those cases.
It is a zootonic virus that can spread from people to animals. According to WHO data, unprotected contact with infectious dromedary camels is how most people in Saudi Arabia became ill.
Shortness of breath, coughing, and fever are some of the signs of the virus. Pneumonia is a common side effect of the illness.
