The Philippine government has put in place measures to ensure that deadly contagious diseases, such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), will not spread in the country, a senior government official said Tuesday.
A latest research statement from Australian national science body, CSIRO, has confirmed on Thursday that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus which killed hundreds people originated in horseshoe bats from China, according to a statement released Thursday.