Pinyin/MERS

MERS (the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), discovered in Saudi Arabia in 2012, is a disease caused by a coronavirus (a family of viruses that usually cause common colds, and that can infect both animals and people). It's a relative of SARS (the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus that swept around the world, infecting more than 8,000 people globally and killing 774 before it was stopped in 2004.

MERS (Zhōngdōng Hūxī Zònghézhēng), 2012 nián zài Saudi Arabia fāxiàn, shì yóu guānzhuàng-bìngdú yǐnqǐ de jíbìng. Guānzhuàng-bìngdú yǔ pǔtōng gǎnmào bìngdú tóngyī jiāzú, kěyǐ gǎnrǎn dòngwù hé rénlèi, shì SARS de qīnshǔ. SARS (Yánzhòng Jíxìng Hūxī Zònghézhēng) bìngdú 2004 nián kuòsàn quánqiú, gǎnrǎn chāoguò 8000 rén, shāsǐ 774 rén, ránhòu tíngzhǐ.