Category Virus Alert

SARS-Like Virus Discovered in Egypt

The first case of the SARS-like novel coronavirus was discovered in Egypt according to state television.   The patient, who is now in a hospital in the capital city, Cairo, had arrived recently in the country from Saudi Arabia, RT…

MERS virus diagnosed in man in Greece

A man in Athens, Greece was recently admitted to intensive care at a local hospital and diagnosed with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, according to local health officials and the World Health Organization. The 69-year-old patient had recently traveled…