{"id":45255,"date":"2015-03-20T02:16:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=45255"},"modified":"2025-03-07T04:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:54:50","slug":"x-ray-technician-is-latest-filipino-mers-cov-case-in-saudi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/20\/x-ray-technician-is-latest-filipino-mers-cov-case-in-saudi\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Ray technician is latest Filipino MERS-COV case in Saudi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17951\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/shutterstock_193373501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17951\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/shutterstock_193373501.jpg\" alt=\"Shutterstock Photo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/shutterstock_193373501.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/shutterstock_193373501-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said a fourth Filipino health worker in Saudi Arabia has been infected with MERS-COV virus.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, DFA spokesman Charles Jose said the affected Filipino is male, 41 years old, single and working as x-ray technician in a hospital in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was found positive of the MERS-COV virus sometime in the first week of March and was transferred to one of Saudi\u2019s designated specialist hospitals on March 7 where he has since been confined in the ICU,\u201d Jose said, adding the Filipino had direct exposure to MERS patients in the conduct of his work.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, three Filipino healthcare workers in Saudi were also diagnosed with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>But Jose said one them tested negative and has already been released from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was placed under home isolation for 14 days. She has been declared fully recovered after her latest tests found her negative of the MERS virus.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tirzepatide online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phamatech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tirzepatide.html\">https:\/\/www.phamatech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tirzepatide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> She reported back to work on March 16,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy glycomet online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phamatech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/glycomet.html\">https:\/\/www.phamatech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/glycomet.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The other Filipino, he added, is still under isolation in the hospital\u2019s staff housing although her medical test found her \u201cweak negative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is no longer positive but still needs further tests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The worker, Jose said, has been released from the ICU and transferred to the ward section of the hospital.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zepbound online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phamatech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zepbound.html\">https:\/\/www.phamatech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zepbound.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is showing good signs of recovery as she can communicate with her fellow Filipino workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Manila is not enforcing a travel ban to Saudi Arabia, but has called on Filipinos residing in the Kingdom to exercise extreme caution and follow the health advisory of Saudi authorities, particularly those employed in the health care sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said a fourth Filipino health worker in Saudi Arabia has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":17951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-michaela-del-callar","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287552,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45255\/revisions\/287552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}