MUNSTER Ind. (Reuters) - All workers at the Indiana hospital where the first U.S. case of the often deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was confirmed last week have tested negative for the virus, officials at Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, said on Monday.
"We had about 50 employees who had contact with the patient. Every person who had contact with (him) has been tested, and they all have tested negative," Alan Kumar, Chief Medical Information Officer at Community Hospital told a joint news conference.
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