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MERS patient saw doctors in Oman before boarding flight to Thailand
June 21, 2015 | 9:23 PM
by Times News Service
Muscat: An Omani businessman infected with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus visited a hospital in Oman more than 10 days before he boarded a flight to Thailand, a senior official of the Ministry of Health has revealed.
Passengers on board Oman Air?s June 15 flight WY815 have already been advised to seek medical attention as a precautionary measure, and officials are now monitoring airline staff plus ?household? contacts after a Thai hospital confirmed the Omani patient was suffering from the MERS coronavirus.
As the timeline of his movements unfolds, it has emerged that the patient was admitted to a hospital in Oman on June 4 for heart problems, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Health. The patient, who was suffering from heart disease, then left the hospital on June 7...
MERS patient saw doctors in Oman before boarding flight to Thailand
June 21, 2015 | 9:23 PM
by Times News Service
Muscat: An Omani businessman infected with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus visited a hospital in Oman more than 10 days before he boarded a flight to Thailand, a senior official of the Ministry of Health has revealed.
Passengers on board Oman Air?s June 15 flight WY815 have already been advised to seek medical attention as a precautionary measure, and officials are now monitoring airline staff plus ?household? contacts after a Thai hospital confirmed the Omani patient was suffering from the MERS coronavirus.
As the timeline of his movements unfolds, it has emerged that the patient was admitted to a hospital in Oman on June 4 for heart problems, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Health. The patient, who was suffering from heart disease, then left the hospital on June 7...