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5 hospitalized on MERS suspicion in central Turkey
January 04, 2016, Monday/ 19:21:34/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM / ISTANBUL
Five people who recently returned from Saudi Arabia have been hospitalized at a state hospital in central province of Kayseri with symptoms resembling those of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus.
The five people were taken to the Kayseri Research and Training Hospital on Monday with high fever two days after their return from Saudi Arabia where they traveled for umrah, a visit to the Kaaba in Mecca that is similar to the pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca and Medina.
The hospital quarantined the resuscitation unit and the five patients are still receiving treatment on suspicion of MERS.
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January 04, 2016, Monday/ 19:21:34/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM / ISTANBUL
Five people who recently returned from Saudi Arabia have been hospitalized at a state hospital in central province of Kayseri with symptoms resembling those of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus.
The five people were taken to the Kayseri Research and Training Hospital on Monday with high fever two days after their return from Saudi Arabia where they traveled for umrah, a visit to the Kaaba in Mecca that is similar to the pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca and Medina.
The hospital quarantined the resuscitation unit and the five patients are still receiving treatment on suspicion of MERS.
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