NEW VIRUS IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN A SERIOUS FEAR OF SARS EMERGED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, WHERE IT HAS KILLED 38 PEOPLE IN THE LAST YEAR.

NEW VIRUS IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN A SERIOUS FEAR OF SARS EMERGED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, WHERE IT HAS KILLED 38 PEOPLE IN THE LAST YEAR.

A deadly new virus that has emerged within the geographic region is believed to be additional dangerous than SARS once it kills thirty eight individuals during a year.

More than sixty cases of MERS (Middle East metabolism Syndrome) are reported  within the last year by the globe Health Organisation.

Many of these WHO have the sickness, which may unfold simply between individuals, were in Saudi Arabia, reported  Fox News.
 There was a worldwide natural event of SARS in 2003, killing 800 individuals, and a few specialists note the resemblances between the 2 as each unfold simply between hospitals.

Symptoms also are similar with a fever and cough that develops into respiratory disorder.

 But, doctors note that the mortality is higher. Eight per cent of SARS patients died, whereas sixty five per cent of MERS cases square measure believed to are fatal.

However, the health problem to this point has not unfold as quickly as SARS did.

Dr. Trish Perl a senior hospital medical scientist at Johns Hopkins drugs aforementioned that she thought it absolutely was lots like SARS.

 She added: ‘In the proper circumstances, the unfold may well be explosive.’

Doctors haven't been ready to pinpoint precisely however the health problem is unfold in each case, as some seemed to catch it once they had not been to bear with associate infected person.

MERS cases have additionally been reported  in Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Britain, France, Germany, Italian Republic and Tunisia.

But, most cases are in Saudi Arabia, that is about to receive innumerable Muslim pilgrims throughout Ramadan next month.

Dr. humorist Wendtner, WHO treated a MERS patient WHO later died in metropolis, said: ‘We would like additional data from alternative countries to search out out what the simplest treatment is.

‘Our patient got everything attainable and it still did not facilitate him.’

 specialists say that despite the tiny variety of cases, MERS should be watched because it has the potential to cause an epidemic.

WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan  said: ‘We perceive insufficient  concerning this virus once viewed against the magnitude of its potential threat.’


WHO is about to fulfill in Cairo next month to debate MERS and its potential threat.