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WHO: New Virus Has Pandemic Potential (60% mortality -Haj pilgrims at greatest risk)
Voice of America ^ | June 10, 2013

Posted on 06/14/2013 12:13:31 AM PDT by presidio9

The World Health Organization is asking health workers around the world to be on alert for symptoms of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus.

Monday's warning came as WHO officials ended a six-day investigation in Saudi Arabia, where 40 of the 55 cases of the respiratory disease have occurred. Sixty percent of those people with known infections died.

The United Nations agency is concerned that the MERS virus might spread among pilgrims expected to visit holy sites in Saudi Arabia next month during Ramadan, or the millions more expected in October for the annual Hajj to Mecca.

Officials are also worried that guest workers in the kingdom could carry the virus home to other countries, possibly causing a global pandemic.

Travelers have carried the virus to Britain, France, Germany and Italy. Infected people have also been found in Jordan, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mers; pandemic; pandemics; potential; religionofpeace; virus; who
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To: presidio9

Someone’s bio-weapon has escaped?


21 posted on 06/14/2013 4:17:49 AM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: presidio9
Haj pilgrims at greatest risk

awwww, what a shame......

22 posted on 06/14/2013 4:41:43 AM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Feckless
Haj pilgrims at greatest risk
awwww, what a shame......

That would be fine except that they return from haj.
Some of them return to the United States.
23 posted on 06/14/2013 4:45:31 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: jespasinthru

It’s a miracle that some dread disease has not spread across the globe with all of the wars, natural disasters, movements of people, and food safety issues that have occurred.


24 posted on 06/14/2013 4:50:31 AM PDT by grania
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To: Impala64ssa

Juice is in prison in Colorado

How is he a threat?


25 posted on 06/14/2013 4:58:33 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Who will shoot Liberty Valence?)
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To: presidio9

BTW, Obama wants to allow thousands of Syrian ‘refugees’ access to our population.

What could go wrong?


26 posted on 06/14/2013 7:39:50 AM PDT by RideForever
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To: RideForever

HIH the Divine Emperor Tiberius - I mean Obama - is merciful as always. He just wants to extend Roman citizenship - I mean U.S. citizenship to - everyone on earth.


27 posted on 03/16/2015 8:59:36 PM PDT by citizen352 ( Conspiracy theory coincidencs)
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