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New Potentially Deadly MERS-CoV Case Reported as WHO Continues to Monitor Situation

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Jack Phillips
By Jack Phillips

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it discovered a case of the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which infects bats, camels, and people.

A 28-year-old man tested positive for MERS-CoV in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to officials in the Middle Eastern country. The WHO stated in a news release this week that it was notified of the case after the patient was admitted to the hospital in mid-June.

“[The patient had] no history of direct or indirect contact with dromedaries, goats, or sheep,” the release read. “All 108 identified contacts were monitored for 14 days from the last date of exposure to the MERS-CoV patient. No secondary cases have been detected to date.”

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