Omani MERS-positive man sparks trace
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Thai health officials are trying to trace dozens of people who may have come into contact with an elderly Omani man who tested positive for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, the health ministry said yesterday.
The 71-year-old arrived in Thailand on Friday with a fever which doctors in Oman could not treat, the ministry statement said.
鈥淗e tested positive for the MERS virus,鈥 and was quarantined in a Bangkok hospital, the statement said, adding 鈥淗e is tired but conscious.鈥
But authorities are looking for more than 250 people who may have come into contact with the elderly man.
Of those, 37 were at 鈥渉igh risk鈥 of contracting the virus, the ministry said, without giving further details.
It is the second recorded case of the virus in the kingdom which is visited by millions of people each year and is a hub for medical tourism.
The first case was also of an elderly Omani man, who was admitted to hospital in June last year but discharged weeks later after he was treated and declared virus-free.
The MERS virus first appeared in 2012 in Saudi Arabia.
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