epa05122136 A Thai man wears a protective mask as he walks next to a sign giving information on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), at the Bamrasbaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 January 2016. Thailand identified its second case of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the public health minister said on 24 January 2016. The patient, a 71-year-old man from Oman, arrived in Thailand on 22 January, and was quarantined at an infectious diseases institute. Thai health authorities were working to track down people who might have had contact with the man, including airline passengers and crew and a taxi driver, Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
BANGKOK: Thai health authorities Tuesday said they had placed 33 people in quarantine after an Omani national seeking medical help in the kingdom tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
The unnamed man, 71, arrived in Thailand Friday with a fever that doctors in Oman could not treat, Thai officials said.
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