Ministry to monitor those who returned with deceased umrah pilgrim


KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will continue to monitor the group that returned from Mecca with a 54-year-old man dying of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) last week.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said they would be under observation for the next two weeks although they had all tested negative for the deadly SARS-like virus.

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