EPI-WIN webinar: MERS-CoV, a circulating coronavirus with epidemic and pandemic potential - Pandemic preparedness, prevention and response with a One Health approach - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is caused by a coronavirus, with a case fatality rate of 36% in humans. Dromedary camels are the reservoir host from which the virus sporadically spills over to humans. Onwards human-to-human transmission has been observed in health care and, to a lesser extent, community settings. 

Since its first detection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in mid-2012, MERS-CoV has been reported from 27 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, the United States of America, and Asia, with 2604 laboratory-confirmed cases and 936 associated deaths to date. 

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