What is Virus Mers ?

MERS is an acronym dari Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus . This virus is a new kind of kelompokCoronavirus ( Novel Corona Virus ) . This virus was first reported in September 2012 in Saudi Arabia . SARS Virus 2003 is also a group of Corona virus and can cause severe pneumonia but different from MERS CoV virus .

MERS - CoV respiratory syndrome is a disease caused by a virus that attacks the respiratory tract Corona ranging from light that s / d heavy . The symptoms are fever , cough and shortness of breath , acute , usually patients have co-morbid disease .

Median age 50 years ( range 2-94 years ) . 61 % of cases of male - female . With co- morbid cases .

Indonesia is among the countries most vulnerable to contracting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( MERS ) . The disease was first discovered in Saudi Arabia in the year 2012 so far has infected 495 people in 12 countries and more than 100 people died .

MERS is prone to spread in Indonesia because Indonesia around 5,000 people went to Saudi Arabia for Umrah every day . The number is expected to rise significantly in the summer school holidays and Ramadan .

MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome ) is caused by a virus called corona virus , which is a group with the SARS virus .

Symptoms of this disease are similar to the flu , the fever , coughing , and shortness of breath . However , this virus will attack terrific if it infects the respiratory tract .