Quarantine ends for 75 Chinese contacts
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THE 75 people in south China’s Guangdong Province who had been in close contact with a man suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome have been released from quarantine, local health authorities said yesterday.
The man from South Korea had tested positive for MERS while in Guangdong on May 29.
According to the Guangdong Health and Family Planning Commission, he is in a stable condition and has not had a fever for a few days, but still occasionally coughs and his lungs remain inflamed.
The 44-year-old had visited a MERS patient at a hospital in South Korea and was displaying symptoms as early as May 21.
Despite a doctor recommending he cancel his travel plans, he flew to Hong Kong on May 26, later entering Huizhou via Shenzhen.
The 75 contacts had tested negative for MERS twice. Forty-four people were released from quarantine on Tuesday and the rest were released on Wednesday, the commission said.
According to experts from Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, although all 75 people are no longer quarantined, there is still a chance that the disease may spread.
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