"French authorities have isolated two people infected with the virus that causes Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) who were among a tour group visiting the region, the health ministry said. MERS is a more deadly but less contagious variation of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that spread from China in the early 2000s. The MERS coronavirus -- which causes the disease -- is believed to originally come from bats, but humans are normally infected by camels."
""Management measures have been put in place to limit the risk of transmission of the virus," it added, and no secondary cases had been found. Other people in the tour group are also being monitored. "All measures have been put in place to limit the risk of transmission of the virus to the patients' entourage and to healthcare staff," the ministry added."
Two people infected with the MERS coronavirus have been isolated in France after participating in a joint trip to the Arabian Peninsula. Both patients are in stable condition in a French hospital, and other members of the tour group are being monitored for symptoms. Authorities implemented contact tracing, barrier gestures, screening, isolation, and follow-up procedures to limit transmission, and reported no secondary cases. MERS causes fever, coughing and breathing difficulties, has caused 958 deaths among 2,640 reported cases since 2012 mainly in Saudi Arabia, is believed to originate in bats with camels typically transmitting to humans, and transmits rarely but can occur via contact, droplets, and occasionally the air.
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