{"id":55036,"date":"2015-07-09T20:23:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T12:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55036"},"modified":"2015-07-09T20:24:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T12:24:35","slug":"14-close-contacts-of-foreigner-with-mers-cov-home-quarantined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/09\/14-close-contacts-of-foreigner-with-mers-cov-home-quarantined\/","title":{"rendered":"14 close contacts of foreigner with MERS-CoV home quarantined"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) infecting red blood cells. (Photo from OFWGuide.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Fourteen persons were added to the previously seven persons undergoing home quarantine after close contact with the 36-year-old foreigner infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV).<\/p>\n

The 21 persons quarantined included close contacts and hospital workers the male foreigner had interacted with when he started showing symptoms of the deadly disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will monitor them for 14 days (until July 16) because they might suddenly develop symptoms of the virus,\u201d Department of Health (DOH) spokesperson Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy said.<\/p>\n

Among them, one Filipina female was quarantined at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) after developing a cough. After preliminary laboratory tests, she yielded negative for MERS-CoV but remained confined at the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe tested negative for the virus so she can already be transferred from the negative pressure room to a regular room but we will continue to observe her because the 14-day incubation period has not yet ended,\u201d Lee Suy said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the MERS-CoV patient was also quarantined at the RITM and has been \u2018recuperating\u2019 from the illness.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The] foreign patient is still recuperating, and is recovering well,\u201d DOH Secretary Janette Garin said.<\/p>\n

The patient has been scheduled to undergo two tests within 48-hour intervals and should he yield negative results in both tests, he will then be declared free of MERS-CoV.<\/p>\n

Backstory:\u00a0DOH: Second MERS-CoV case in PH from Middle East foreigner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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