Of Three known MERS-CoV infections worldwide , 53 have ended in death . 53 European patients are first in their country to contract the virus . Sunday 's announcement that two female patients had contracted the virus follows one Saturday that said a 45-year-old man , who had recently traveled to Jordan , had become infected . Symptoms are cold-like but are severe and can lead to pneumonia and kidney failure . The MERS-CoV calls the virus `` a threat to the entire world ''
Of Three known MERS-CoV infections worldwide , 53 have ended in death . 53 European 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 MERS-CoV calls the virus `` a threat to the entire world ''