The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) issued a warning Monday after a 28-year-old man tested positive for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a city in Abu Dhabi on the border with Oman.
The W.H.O. reports the resident of the city of Al Ain was admitted to the hospital last month and has been under care since.
MERS is a viral respiratory infection that is caused by a coronavirus called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, commonly shortened to MERS-CoV.
Humans are infected with MERS-CoV from direct or indirect contact with camels. The animals are the natural host and zoonotic source of the MERS-CoV infection.
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