“If you’ve been following the news out of China about the latest bird flu and its threats to humans, may we direct your attention toward the Middle East for a minute?
A virus that many people had been calling a SARS-like virus because of the severe respiratory condition it has triggered in quite a few people has an official name: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, or MERS-CoV. The World Health Organization has now grudgingly accepted it, despite the group’s preference not to put a place in the name of a virus.”
Source:Middle East Coronavirus Called ‘Threat To The Entire World’ : Shots – Health News : NPR
