MERS patient in Austria assumed infectious on Doha-Vienna flight: WHO

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MERS patient in Austria assumed infectious on Doha-Vienna flight: WHO

By Tom Miles and Shadia Nasralla GENEVA/VIENNA (Reuters) - A Saudi woman suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is assumed to have been infectious when she flew from Doha to Vienna on Sept. 22, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The virus, which causes coughing, fever and sometimes fatal pneumonia, has been reported in more than 800 patients, mainly in Saudi Arabia. "The Austrian health authorities assume that the patient was infectious prior to and during the international flights. ...

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