MERS Virus is spreading from person-to-person through close contact, but might also be transmitted to humans from animals. WHO reports that roughly one-third of the people known to have contracted the MERS virus have died from it.symptoms of the MERS virus include fever and cough, which are also synptoms of the flu. MERS can also cause diarrhea and shortness of breath, and can lead to pneumonia and kindney failure. While the source of MERS remains a mystery, scientist supect that it came from an animal. Camels and bats in Saudi Arabia have tested positive for the virus. There's no treatment for MERS. People who get sick are given supportive treatment to address the infection's various symptoms, according to the CDC. There's no vaccine, either