MANILA: A Saudi national suspected of carrying the MERS virus has died while visiting the Philippines, the health department said.
The patient, who had a cough, fever and occasional chills, died in an undisclosed hospital last Tuesday after a two-day confinement, Health Secretary Janette Garin said.
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