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MERS virus proving deadly and fast moving

SARS scared the world in 2003 when 8,000 people were infected with the bug and 800 died.
That’s a 10% fatality rate.
Fast forward to 2013 and the fear is back and bigger but this time with the MERS virus.
So far there have only been 64 cases of MERS worldwide but 38 people have died, a fatality rate of 59%
The virus affects the respiratory system and starts much like SARS with a mild cough and fever but quickly progressing to pneumonia.
MERS is currently mostly confined to the Middle East and infections are limited but doctors worry that there are many cases not yet identified.
One big problem with MERS is how fast it transfers from human to human and how it has quickly moved from hospital to hospital.

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