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The known as MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) has spread for the WHO (World Health Organisation) to say the is now more serious and . The WHO’s assistant director-general for health security Dr Keiji Fukuda said that the illness does not constitute a global health but needs to be carefully monitored in of a sudden epidemic. Dr Fukuda said declaring an emergency is "a major act" that can unnecessarily "raise ." He added that there is no "evidence of person-to-person ". The virus has so far been reported in 18 countries since surfacing in Saudi Arabia in 2012. There have been 571 confirmed cases and 171 .

The USA's Center for Disease Control said MERS is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus called MERS-CoV. It said: "Most people who have been confirmed to have MERS-CoV developed severe acute respiratory illness. They had a , cough, and shortness of . About 30 per cent of these people died." Researchers believe it was passed to humans from in Saudi Arabia. All of the people who have contracted it have had very close with other . Doctors said it does not pass from to person like a flu virus. Airports in the U.S. are advising those travelling to the Middle East to: "Wash your hands often, avoid touching your , avoid close contact with people."

 
 

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