Extra precaution: A Thai man wearing a protective mask as he walks next to signs giving information on MERS at the Bamrasbaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok. — EPA
BANGKOK: The second confirmed case of a patient with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been detected in Thailand, announced Public Health Minister Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn.
Piyasakol said the second MERS patient is a 71-year-old Omani man who entered Thailand on Friday with a fever, which doctors in his home country could not treat.
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