Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a respiratory virus which causes
severe respiratory illness. It was first identified in September 2012 in a 60 year old patient from
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who died from a severe respiratory infection in June 2012. Most
reported cases either lived in the Arabian Peninsula or recently travelled from the Arabian
Peninsula before they became ill….. See attached documents for more.
MERS CoV guidelines for identification and management of suspected cases 09 June 2015_published