Tag: MERS

Mecca’s Hajj cancelled this year

With the occasional stampede, the last big one in 2015 killed more than 2000, you might just be saving your life from more than corona.

MERS means ride camels with masks, and pass on the camel burger?

About 500 people have died from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) believed to be transmitted by camels. And...

Deadly MERS virus spreading fast out of Saudi Arabia, raising panic before Hajj

Deadly and debilitating viruses are no strangers to the Middle East; especially following the discovery of a SARS-like mystery...

MERS Killer Virus Claims Life of New Mother in Abu Dhabi

MERS, a SARS-like virus believed to be transmitted by either camels or bats has claimed another life in the...

Three Qatari “Suspects” Who are Spreading MERS Virus

Guess who might be the culprit carrying a new SARS-like virus to people in the Middle East? The deadly Middle...

MERS Risk and Hajj – How to Prepare for a Healthy Pilgrammage

Public health officials in the Gulf states are playing down fears about an outbreak of the deadly MERS coronavirus...

Insha’allah, All Good Pilgrims Survive Hajj Despite MERS Risk

Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but piety may prove lethal.  So say global health officials as they warn...

Deadly Middle East Coronavirus May Come from Camels

Researchers eager to trace the source of a deadly coronavirus that has spread to various countries in the Middle...

SARS Virus Variant MERS Spreading from Middle East

Thirty-three people are dead from MERS, a coronavirus that the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling a “threat to...