LONDON (AP) — The spread of a puzzling respiratory virus in the Middle East and beyond is not a global health emergency despite a recent spike in cases, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

The decision was made after a meeting of WHO’s expert group on the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS.

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