The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed another case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

The CDC is not naming the person, but the agency said that the individual is in Florida. Like the first confirmed case of MERS-CoV
in Indiana, this individual was in Saudi Arabia before he arrived in
the United States.

Saudi Arabia is one of the six countries on the Arabian Peninsula
that has a high rate of the MERS-CoV virus.

Dr. Anne Schuchat, who is the assistant surgeon general and
director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Disease, is quoted in the CDC’s press release as
saying, “Given the dramatic increase in MERS cases in the
Arabian Peninsula, we expected and are prepared for additional imported cases.”

According to the CDC, the individual, who is now at a hospital
in Florida, is a healthcare worker from Saudi Arabia.

The CDC reported that it was during a flight from Saudi Arabia
that the individual first began having the MERS-CoV virus
symptoms of a fever, chills, and a cough.

After a couple of days, the symptoms began to worsen.
The CDC stated that the individual went to a hospital in
Florida and was immediately admitted.

The individual is isolated from the rest of the hospital
population. And according to the CDC, the individual is
doing better.

The CDC reported that the virus is a part of a common
virus group, coronavirus, which affects the respiratory system.

A person generally begins showing signs of the MERS-CoV virus
within 14 days of contracting it. According to the CDC, the virus
has caused a total of 93 deaths.

The CDC has also reported that 30% of the deaths have occurred
in people who’ve had other illnesses along with the MERS-CoV virus.

The CDC does not yet know what causes the virus or how it’s transmitted from one individual to the next.