Nature Middle East | House of Wisdom
NME’s weekly science dose (July 26- August 1)
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been heading to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for Umrah during Ramadan and millions from around the world will converge on the city for Hajj in October. Could that be the fuel that the new coronavirus causing Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which was first discovered in Saudi Arabia, needs to spread into a pandemic?
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