Category MERS Virus Alert

Deadly MERS virus reaches Kuwait, infecting 5 camels

Five camels have been infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Kuwait in the country’s first detection of the fatal virus, according to state media. The Gulf state’s Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources board chairman Jassim…

Deadly MERS virus reaches Lebanon

Cases of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are continuing to crop up around the world. This time, CBC Radio-Canada reports that a case has been confirmed in Beirut, Lebanon. After returning from Saudi Arabia, a man checked into a hospital…