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The Ministry of Health would like to inform the population of Cambodia and more specifically, any traveler planning to go to or coming back from the Arabian Peninsula, that a new disease called MERS has been identified in some countries.
The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
As of 15 May 2014, globally, 572 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have officially been reported globally, including 173 deaths. In the Middle-East: Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen; in Europe: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK); in North Africa: Tunisia and Egypt; and in Asia: Malaysia and the Philippines; and the United States of America. Download English version | Khmer version