How worried should you be about new Middle East virus?
A “potential” threat to national security – along with your health?
An illness which originated in September in the Middle East and has killed at least 30 of the 54 people infected appears to be raising alarms in the U.S. – but a move by public health officials may just be a strategy to prevent its spread.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a statement declaring the new Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus to have a “significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad.”