Umrah pilgrims are being urged to take extra precautions after a spate of MERS cases in Saudi Arabia. It causes severe human infections resulting in high mortality and has demonstrated the ability to transmit between humans. We find out from the Health Ministry’s Head Of Disease Surveillance, Disease Control Division, Dr Wan Noraini Wan Mohamed Noor more about MERS.

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