Algeria detects first two cases of MERS virus

Sunday, June 1, 2014
By Paul Martin

PressTV.ir
May 31, 2014

Algeria has reported its first two cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), better known as the MERS virus.

In a statement released on Saturday, Algeria’s Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform said the two men, aged 66 and 59, were pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia.

According to the statement, the first victim showed the early symptoms of the disease including fever and a breathing disorder and the second one suffered from a respiratory difficulty and digestive problems while in Saudi Arabia.

The two men are receiving the necessary medical care at the hospitals of their respective hometowns.

The appearance of the Coronavirus in Algeria comes as other countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, have already reported similar cases.

The incurable disease causes coughing, fever, pneumonia, lung infections, breathing difficulties and rapid kidney failure.

MERS is a cousin of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The virus first emerged in the Middle East, and was discovered in September 2012 in a Qatari man who had traveled to Saudi Arabia. Since then, it has claimed 187 lives in the Arab country.

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