Doctor may have brought MERS into Canada: reports | CityNews
Doctor may have brought MERS into Canada: reports | CityNews Canada has yet to confirm its first case of MERS. Officials have not issued any warnings, but Foreign Affairs does advise travellers who come down with flu-like symptoms within two weeks of returning to Canada from the Middle East to seek immediate medical attention. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted advisories at more than 20 American airports to alert travelers about the virus. The MERS virus is in the same family as SARS and likely originated in camels. It’s not yet known how the disease is spread, but it’s proven fatal in about one-third of cases. A doctor may have brought Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) to Canada after it’s believed he was exposed to the virus from a patient in Florida, according to reports citing U.S. health officials. According to reports, the doctor is apparently not showing symptoms of MERS, and health officials have not revealed where the ...