Monday, 23 February 2015

U.N. experts warn of 'critical knowledge gaps' on Saudi MERS virus

Workers wearing medical masks are reflected in a mirror in Taif By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has not done enough to investigate and control a deadly new MERS virus that has killed hundreds of people there and remains in many ways a mystery, United Nations health experts said on Monday. Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are surging again, but Saudi health officials and scientists appear unable to explain where the infections start and how they spread, the UN experts said. The UN group - a international delegation of scientists and public health experts from World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Organization for Animal Health - visited Saudi Arabia last week to investigate a sharp rise in MERS cases.




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