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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Qatar : Three camels hit by MERS

Via The Peninsula :

" The deadly MERS virus ( Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) has been detected in three camels linked to a human case in Qatar, the Supreme Council of Health and the Ministry of Environment announced yesterday.

The finding was made in cooperation with the Netherlands Health Ministry’s National Public Health Institute and the Erasmus Medical College.

The three camels are living in the same farm and the infection was linked to two human cases of MERS that had already been cured, the SCH said yesterday.

The finding came as a result of joint efforts by the Supreme Council of Health, the Ministry of Environment, the Netherlands’ Health Ministry’s National Public Health Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO)."

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