Philippines - 4 Hajj pilgrims being observed for symptoms of MERS-CoV

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4 Hajj pilgrims being observed for symptoms of MERS-CoV

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Four more Muslim pilgrims, who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, were being closely monitored by health authorities here on suspicion of having contracted the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Coronavirus or MERS-CoV.
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“The old man who came from Hajj was initially confined at a private hospital but was later transferred to a government hospital after he was found to have been afflicted with MERS-CoV,” the source said.

But according to city health officer, Dr. Rodelin Agbulos, unless the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Manila confirms that the man has MERS-CoV, his case remains just a suspected infection.
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Philippines- 4 Hajj pilgrims being observed for symptoms of MERS-CoV

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4 Hajj pilgrims being observed for symptoms of MERS-CoV
By Julie Alipala and Liza Jocson |Inquirer Mindanao
7:16 pm | Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines ? Four more Muslim pilgrims, who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, were being closely monitored by health authorities here on suspicion of having contracted the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ? Coronavirus or MERS-CoV.

Dr. Venus Fortuna of the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health in Western Mindanao told reporters that one of those being closely monitored has been confined and under isolation at a government hospital here.

Fortuna said the three other persons were told to stay in their homes pending the result of the tests conducted on them. Three other pilgrims, who were earlier placed under surveillance on suspicion of having contracted the disease had already been cleared, she said.

A private physician, who did not want to be identified, said the one in isolation at a government hospital here was a 70-year-old man, who had shown signs similar to those that afflicted MERS-CoV patients.

?The old man who came from Hajj was initially confined at a private hospital but was later transferred to a government hospital after he was found to have been afflicted with MERS-CoV,? the source said.

But according to city health officer, Dr. Rodelin Agbulos, unless the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Manila confirms that the man has MERS-CoV, his case remains just a suspected infection...