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The World Health Organization confirmed Tuesday (25 September) that the new virus found in two men from theArabian Peninsula, is not the SARS virus and differs from the SARS virus in that it causes very rapid renal failure. WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that three more people in Saudi Arabia have been diagnosed with the new novel Coronavirus (nCoV), including two people who have died of the SARS-like virus in recent days. CH UNTV  

Talking about the recent outbrake of Coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s Spokesperson Gregory Hartl said today in Geneva that “Anytime a new virus starts infecting humans, we have to take it seriously and especially a virus which has killed 60 percent of the people it infects.” WHO

The 66th World Health Assembly (WHA) opened today in Geneva, with nearly 3,000 delegates from 194 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) attending the annual meeting. WHO

Briefing journalists about the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the World Health Organization (WHO) today said that in terms of person to person transmission, “we don't see it sweeping through communities in big outbreaks.” WHO

Dr Keiji Fukuda, the World Health Organization’s Assistant Director-General said yesterday (July 17) referring to the Middle Eastrespiratory syndrome Coronavirus that the situation “is serious, in the sense that it has been persistent.” WHO

The World Health Organization said that the deadly MERS virus has “increased in seriousness” but does not yet represent a global public health emergency. WHO  

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the outbreak of the deadly MERS virus currently “does not present a global emergency.”  WHO

The World Health Organization  said  today the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome  (MERS) in the Republic of Korea did not meet the  conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. However, it said  there are still many gaps in knowledge of the transmission of the virus between people, and that the outbreak was a wake up call. WHO

With the upcoming Hajj, one of the most important religious observances in Islam expected to fall between September 21-26 2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) drew attention today in Geneva to the ongoing MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak in Saudi Arabia. UNTV CH