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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Saudi says first camel tests positive for MERS virus | HEALTH - geo.tv

Saudi says first camel tests positive for MERS virus | HEALTH - geo.tv
Saudi says first camel tests positive for MERS virus

HEALTH AWARENESS WELFARE (HAW):

Saudi says first camel tests positive for MERS virus

// RIYADH: The Saudi government said Monday that a camel has tested positive for MERS, in the first case of an animal infected with the coronavirus that has killed 64 people worldwide.

A camel owned by a person diagnosed with the disease had "tested positive in preliminary laboratory checks," the health ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.

The ministry said it was working with the ministry of agriculture and laboratories to "isolate the virus and compare its genetic structure with that of the patient's".

If the virus carried by the camel and that of the patient "prove to be identical, this would be a first scientific discovery worldwide, and a door to identify the source of the virus," it added............................//

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Since health is the topmost priority to care about in regard to its prevention and cure world countries with the collaboration of WHO should their utmost on humanitarian ground.

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