THE SUN
A YOUNG man is in a critical condition in hospital with contagious Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), experts have warned.
The 28-year-old man tested positive for the viral bug in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.
The deadly virus, which is usually passed on from infected animals like camels, kills about a third (35 per cent) of those infected, according to the WHO.
Local health officials have checked 108 people the young man was in contact with, but no secondary infections had turned up so far, it added.
MERS was first identified by scientists inSaudi Arabia in 2012, and has since resulted in over 2,605 infections and 936 deaths.
The majority of cases are reported in the Arabic world, but some have been discovered elsewhere – including one in the UK in 2018…
