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The WHO has said the virus MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) is now serious and urgent. The WHO said MERS is not currently a global health emergency but needs to be monitored. It said declaring an emergency is "a major act" that can unnecessarily "raise anxieties." The virus has been reported in 18 countries since starting in Saudi Arabia in 2012. There have been 571 confirmed cases and 171 deaths.
The USA's Center for Disease Control said MERS is a viral respiratory illness. People who get it have a fever, cough, and severe shortness of breath. About 30 per cent of people died. Researchers think it came from camels. Everyone who got it had very close contact with other sufferers. Doctors say it does not spread like a flu virus. U.S. airports are telling people going to the Middle East to wash their hands and avoid contact with sick people.
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