After the deadliest Covid-19 virus, the World Health Organisation on Monday informed about a new case of the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Abi Dhabi.
According to the information, a person has been reported to be infected with the MERS-CoV virus after being admitted to the hospital. United Nations claims that the man got diagnosed with the virus after being admitted to the hospital last month.
As per sources, the health officials have examined 108 persons who were in contact with the man, but no secondary infections have been discovered as of yet, according to news agencies Reuters and WHO.
The agencies said that they are still waiting to learn the infected man’s current condition. Additionally, there were no indications that the man had come into contact with the disease-carrying dromedary camels.
The initial discovery of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was found in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Since its recognition, MERS cases have been reported in 27 countries, including Algeria, Austria, Bahrain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Oman, the Philippines, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Yemen.
More than 2,605 cases of the virus have been reported overall, and 936 deaths have been reported, according to the WHO.
A zoonotic virus called MERS can spread from animals to humans. According to WHO data, unprotected contact with infectious dromedary camels is how most people in Saudi Arabia became ill and fever is one of the signs of the infection.
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