On May 16, a resident who came in contact with the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in the U.S. tested positive for MERS-CoV. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the man is no longer sick but had “extended face-to-face contact” with an Indiana man diagnosed with MERS after traveling from Saudi Arabia.
MERS-CoV, the viral respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus, was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, explains the CDC. On May 2, the first imported U.S. case was confirmed in a traveler from Saudi Arabia, and a second such case was identified on May 11.
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