French health officials have placed two individuals under isolation after they tested positive for the virus causing Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). According to French authorities, the patients were part of a tour group that had recently travelled to the region. MERS is considered a more fatal but less contagious variation of Severe Acute Respiratory [ ]
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