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1st LD: Thanland confirms first MERS case

Xinhua, June 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Thai health official on Thursday confirmed the country's first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), local media reported.

The 75-year-old patient from a Middle East country is being quarantined at an infectious diseases institute, the Nation newspaper quoted the official from the Public Health Ministry as saying. Endi