Saudi Silence on Deadly MERS Virus Outbreak Frustrates World Health Experts
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Over the next few weeks officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) face a tough and politically charged call. The Muslim month of fasting, Ramadan, begins July 9 and could draw as many as two million people from around the globe to the holy sites of Saudi Arabia in a pilgrimage called umrah . But a new disease, called Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome, or MERS, could threaten them. [More]