Before symptoms, 68-year-old male returns from Bahrain
* Patient's wife shows minor symptoms; test results on Thursday
* "No possibility" of spread among general public (Adds detail, comment)
SEOUL, May 20 (Reuters) - South Korean health officials on Wednesday confirmed the country's first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in a patient who recently returned from Bahrain and is in stable condition after being treated for a high fever and cough.
The 68-year-old man was in Bahrain from April 18 through to May 3 and was engaged in farming-related business, South Korea's health ministry said in a statement. He returned to South Korea on May 4 through Qatar, it said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0YB2A020150520
* Patient's wife shows minor symptoms; test results on Thursday
* "No possibility" of spread among general public (Adds detail, comment)
SEOUL, May 20 (Reuters) - South Korean health officials on Wednesday confirmed the country's first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in a patient who recently returned from Bahrain and is in stable condition after being treated for a high fever and cough.
The 68-year-old man was in Bahrain from April 18 through to May 3 and was engaged in farming-related business, South Korea's health ministry said in a statement. He returned to South Korea on May 4 through Qatar, it said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0YB2A020150520
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