In the last few of weeks, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has crept into headlines after reports emerged of an outbreak of the virus in South Korea.
So far, it has claimed 6 lives with 23 reported to have contracted the disease, and over 2,000 people placed under quarantine.

While MERS has remained largely in South Korea and China, this has been the largest outbreak of the disease outside the Middle East, where it was first discovered.

Here are 8 things you should know about MERS:

1. An abbreviation for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS is caused by a new type of coronavirus, which is a type of virus which causes common cold and SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

2. MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 (which was also where and when the first death was recorded) by Egyptian virologist Dr. Ali Mohamed Zaki. It is believed to have resulted from a zoonotic (animal) transmission although the exact source remains unclear.

3. The virus appears to have originated in bats, spreading to camels in the 1990s before finally spreading to humans in the early 2010s.

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Come why must it be only bats deadly diseases originate from? Na only dem waka come? Whch kyn nonsense be dis sef..

I read on it too n wen I found out it is caused by virus, I said a prayer for them. Viruses av no cure. Co incidentally, is always frm animals esp bats, monkeys...HMMMM

hmmmmmm bird again. lalasticlala



people needs to hear this ooooo

If Ebola,Sars,Hv and others no hit me this one no go hit me

sheybe na dis same asia sars first comot?? Dem go just dey, dey invent viruses. Otondos......