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Gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, have also been reported. Pneumonia is a common finding, but MERS patients may not always develop this condition. A typical presentation of MERS is fever, cough and shortness of breath. The clinical spectrum of MERS-CoV infection ranges from no symptoms (asymptomatic) or mild respiratory symptoms to severe acute respiratory disease and death. Outside the health care setting, there has been limited human-to-human transmission.

Human-to-human transmission is possible and has occurred predominantly among close contacts and in health care settings.

MERS-CoV has been identified and linked to human infections in dromedary camels in several Member States in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

MERS-CoV is a zoonotic virus, meaning it is transmitted between animals and people.

Approximately 35% of MERS cases reported to WHO have died.

Gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, have also been reported among MERS patients. Pneumonia is common, but MERS patients may not always develop this condition.

Typical MERS symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath.Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.