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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

MERS Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Health officials inspect bats to be confiscated and culled in the wake of coronavirus outbreak at a live animal market in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo)
March 17, 2020, 2:27 pm
Viruses expected to increase with global warming – expert
Population growth, loss of natural habitats likely to bring wild animals into more contact with humans, easing way for infectious diseases to jump between species
By Sue Surkes
Market workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant at a market in the southeastern city of Daegu, South Korea, on February 23, 2020, as a preventive measure after the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (YONHAP / AFP)
February 23, 2020, 1:04 pm
Coronavirus: What we know and what we don’t
What is the mortality rate? How infectious is it? And how is it transmitted from person to person? There is still much to be learned, but here are some preliminary answers
By Stéphane ORJOLLET
Passengers get their temperature checked as part of preventive measures against the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) at the Hong Kong international airport on June 5, 2015. (AFP/Philippe Lopez)
June 26, 2015, 6:30 am
South Korea MERS outbreak claims two more deaths
2,931 people remain isolated as patients, doctors and visitors in Seoul’s Samsung Medical Center continue to be diagnosed with disease
By AFP
A Muslim pilgrim wears a surgical mask to prevent infection from the MERS virus, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)
June 17, 2015, 1:16 pm
Israel girds for possible MERS virus outbreak
Despite a number of confirmed cases in neighboring Jordan and Egypt, the deadly disease has not reached Israel
By Tamar Pileggi
Passengers get their temperature checked as part of preventive measures against the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) at the Hong Kong international airport on June 5, 2015. (AFP/Philippe Lopez)
June 6, 2015, 11:41 am
South Korea MERS virus cases reach 50 people
Deadly agent has already killed 4, but World Health Organization assures there is ‘no evidence of sustained transmission in community’
By AFP
South Koreans wearing masks as a precaution against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus sit at an emergency room at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)
June 2, 2015, 7:47 am
Two die as MERS virus spreads to South Korea
Dozens of cases of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome linked to man who traveled to Saudi Arabia; 750 people qurantined
By AP
An Indian worker wears a mouth and nose mask as he touches a camel at his employer's farm, outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 12, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
February 20, 2015, 11:57 am
Saudi MERS deaths spike, Riyadh says
16 people have died of the coronavirus in the kingdom since February 11, raising toll to 382
By AFP
June 24, 2014, 5:37 am
As Muslims prep for hajj, Israel confident MERS is no danger
20,000 Israeli and Palestinian faithful will soon join pilgrimage to Mecca, but a health official plays down threat of disease that afflicts Saudi Arabia
By Ilan Ben Zion
A Muslim pilgrim wears a surgical mask to prevent infection from the MERS virus, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)
June 6, 2014, 7:58 am
Pilgrims converge on Mecca, undeterred by MERS
Ahead of Umrah and Hajj, authorities urge travelers to take precautions against spread of deadly respiratory virus
By AFP
An Indian worker wears a mouth and nose mask as he touches a camel at his employer's farm, outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 12, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
June 1, 2014, 5:49 pm
New MERS death reported in Jordan
69-year-old is sixth to die in Hashemite kingdom since virus emerged in 2012
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Muslim pilgrim wears a surgical mask to prevent infection from the MERS virus, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)
May 29, 2014, 7:20 pm
MERS virus claims first fatality in Iran
Local media reports 53-year-old woman succumbs to infection; Saudi Arabia says 13 have died from it in past two weeks
By AFP and AP
An Indian worker wears a mouth and nose mask as he touches a camel at his employer's farm, outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 12, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
May 18, 2014, 12:43 pm
Five new MERS deaths reported in Saudi Arabia
Deadlier but less transmissible cousin of SARS virus has already infected 529 people; WHO to carry out inspections
By AFP
An Indian worker wears a mouth and nose mask as he touches a camel at his employer's farm, outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 12, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
May 18, 2014, 1:01 am
US reports third case of MERS virus
Illinois resident contracts the disease after coming in contact with first known case in the country
By AFP
Camels resting in Wadi Rum desert in Jordan, February 8, 2013 (Photo credit: Lucie March/Flash 90)
May 13, 2014, 7:48 am
Second US case of MERS indentified
Britain warns travelers to the Middle East against contact with camels, which might be the origin of the deadly virus
By AP and ToI Staff
Egyptian Muslim pilgrims, some wearing masks as a precaution against the Middle East respiratory syndrome, pray during the hajj, in Mina near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil, File)
May 9, 2014, 10:49 am
Saudi MERS death toll rises to 126
Disease considered deadlier but less-transmissible cousin of the SARS virus that infected 8,273 people
By AFP
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