Want China Times
Date: 2015-05-23
By: CNA

Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned on Friday of the growing threat from MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) in the country after neighboring South Korea reported its first three such cases earlier this week.

Patient zero, a 68-year-old male who visited Bahrain to discuss an agricultural project between April 18 and May 3, returned to South Korea on May 4 and developed MERS-CoV symptoms seven days later, the CDC said, citing South Korean officials.

After he was confirmed with MERS-CoV on May 20, his wife and a 76-year-old male who shared the same ward with him while he was in the hospital were also found to be infected, the CDC said.

A total of 64 people who came in close contact with patient zero, including his family members and health care workers, are currently in quarantine and being monitored, the CDC said, adding that all three confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation.     [FULL  STORY]