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WHO Committee Urges Post-Hajj Screening for MERS Virus

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Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303796404579097492517203548.html


September 25, 2013, 3:52 p.m. ET

WHO Committee Urges Post-Hajj Screening for MERS Virus
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER

A World Health Organization emergency committee on Wednesday asked countries to step up monitoring for a lethal, year-old virus as Muslim pilgrims from around the world return home from the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, home to most of the victims so far.

Many questions remain to be answered, but the most pressing is "we don't understand what kind of risk this poses for global spread," Keiji Fukuda, WHO assistant director-general, told reporters after the committee's third meeting on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, or MERS...
 
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