Of 53 known MERS-CoV infections worldwide , 30 have ended in death . Three Italian patients are first in their country to contract the virus . But `` in France and the United Kingdom , there has been limited local transmission among close contacts who had not been to the Middle East but had been in contact with a traveler recently returned from the Middle East . '' Symptoms are cold-like but are severe and can lead to pneumonia and kidney failure . The World Health Organization says that there is no vaccine or cure for MERS.
Of 53 known MERS-CoV infections worldwide , 30 have ended in death . Three Italian patients are first in their country to contract the virus . Symptoms are cold-like but are severe and can lead to pneumonia and kidney failure . The World Health Organization says that there is no vaccine or cure for MERS.