HHS Determines Possibility of Public Health Emergency From Virus

Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of HHS, announced there is potential for the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus to cause a public health emergency.

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MERS-CoV, previously called “novel coronavirus,” is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus and was first reported in 2012 in Saudi Arabia.

Click here to read the full story on MERS-CoV in Becker’s Hospital Review.

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