A third potential case of the dangerous Middle East Respiratory Virus (MERS) has been reported in the United States, US health authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
"Two of the 20 team members exposed to the confirmed MERS patient are showing symptoms," said Geo Morales, spokesman for the Orlando hospital where one infected patient was treated.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
MERS, a newly discovered respiratory disease, was recently reported in the Arabian region. MERS is caused by a virus similar to that causing common cold and other respiratory illnesses.
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"One of the two has been admitted to the hospital but is in stable condition. The other was treated and discharged and is following precautions at home. All 20 team members have been tested and we are expecting those results within the next day or two," the spokesman added.
The second infected US patient was confirmed as such May 10. The man, 44, is a health care worker who resides and works in Saudi Arabia, who traveled by plane May 1 from Jeddah to London, England, then to Boston, Atlanta, and Orlando, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters.
![New MERS Death Reported in Jordan]( "New MERS Death Reported in Jordan")
On the eve of a WHO emergency meeting on the deadly MERS disease, the government found how one man in Jordan has died after being infected with the virus
The United States announced its first case earlier this month, a health care worker who had traveled to Riyadh at the end of April.
MERS causes fever, cough and shortness of breath, and can be lethal particularly among older people and those with pre-existing health problems.
Some 30 percent of the several hundred people infected with it have died, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The virus first emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and recent research has suggested it may originate in camels.
The vast majority of cases have been in Saudi Arabia, but MERS has also been found in 16 other countries. Most cases involved people who had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia.
Source: AFP
New MERS Death Reported in Jordan
On the eve of a WHO emergency meeting on the deadly MERS disease, the government found how one man in Jordan has died after being infected with the virus
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The United States announced its first case earlier this month, a health care worker who had traveled to Riyadh at the end of April.
MERS causes fever, cough and shortness of breath, and can be lethal particularly among older people and those with pre-existing health problems.
Some 30 percent of the several hundred people infected with it have died, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The virus first emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and recent research has suggested it may originate in camels.
The vast majority of cases have been in Saudi Arabia, but MERS has also been found in 16 other countries. Most cases involved people who had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia.
Source: AFP
Three More MERS Deaths in Saudi Arabia
Report of three new deaths from MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia takes the number of fatalities from the disease in the kingdom to 142, said health ministry on Sunday.
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Combating MERS by Handling Camels With CautionFresh warnings on how to handle the desert kingdom's wealth of camels has been issued by Saudi authorities as the animal is thought to be the source of MERS in the Gulf state. | Advertisement
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