World Health Assembly May 2013: Global Overview of an Emerging Novel Coronavirus #MERS-CoV

Introduction: 
World experiencing evolving emergence of two exceptional new virus infections

• Avian influenza A(H7N9) 
• Novel coronavirus - Termed Middle east Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS CoV) 

Unrelated viruses
Both highly pathogenic
Both considered to have potential to evolve

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/WHA_CoV_update_KeijiFukuda_23May13.pdf