To make matters just a bit more complicated, officials are not exactly sure how the virus is spread, but symptoms include fever, cough, pneumonia, and eventually kidney failure.
Officials believe that the virus originated somewhere in the Middle East and has thus name it Middle East Respiratory Symptom Coronavirus or MERS-CoV.
Thus far there has been 49 infections and 27 deaths worldwide. Officials are working hard to identify a cause and develop treatment to prevent a world-wide pandemic.
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