First MERS case outside of the Middle East

[philip964]

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MERS is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus which has killed about 100 has been confirmed as the illness of a Greek man who returned from Saudi Arabia.

Apparently it is a SARS like illness that has been difficult to stamp out in the Middle East.

[philip964]

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MERS has reached the United States with its first confirmed case in Chicago.

[jmra]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 2-14-29-04

MERS has reached the United States with its first confirmed case in Chicago.

Another reason to avoid Chicago.

[philip964]

http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-warns-again ... 36862.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Egypt warns against travel to Saudi Arabia due to MERS.

This may be the pot calling the kettle black.