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

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