JEDDAH -*The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus has caused fear among people. In an awareness lecture, held by the Jeddah National Hospital (JNH) recently, Dr. Mohammed Mujahid Abbas, an ICU consultant and head of infectious diseases at the International Medical Center (IMC), said: \"Coronavirus is similar to SARS virus but different. Coronavirus affecting human is actually the same virus that affects domestic animals.