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Brian Wang

The next pandemic? WHO working on list of pathogens to watch

Covid-19: Co-inventor of mRNA shots works on new vaccine against all coronaviruses

Beijing may refuse entry to Taiwanese visitors with ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ on their test results, Air China says

Coronavirus: WHO gears up for main mission into China to hunt for the origins of Covid-19

Mers virus

INFOGRAPHIC: Everything you need to know about Mers

Travellers to Hong Kong must sign health declaration amid Mers outbreak

Kim, a 44-year-old South Korean with Mers, is being treated in Huizhou. Photo: KBS

Health workers cover their faces with masks at the hospital in Huizhou where Kim is being treated. Photo: Xinhua

Hundreds of people urged to observe two week Mers quarantine in South Korea after two deaths

A Chinese visitor wears a face mask outside the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul on Monday, amid fears about the spread of Mers. Photo: Reuters

Punish travellers who lie about their health, Sars expert urges

One of the two South Korean women who earlier refused a quarantine order is found in Causeway Bay. She will spend 14 days in an isolation camp in Sai Kung. Photo: Edmond So

An ambulance carry patients suspected of having contracted the Mers virus heads to Princess Margaret Hospital earlier this week. Photo: Felix Wong

The city goes on Mers alert

How to avoid the Mers virus, according to health officials 

Particles of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) coronavirus that emerged in 2012 are seen in an undated colorised transmission electron micrograph. Photo: Reuters

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Mers is a respiratory illness caused by a new type of coronavirus that is similar to the virus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). The first case was spotted in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
