Admin Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 On 6 July 2015, the IHR National Focal Point of the Philippines notified WHO of 1 laboratory-confirmed case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The Philippines Department of Health confirms that a non-national, 36-year-old male who developed symptoms of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on 30 June 2015 and had a laboratory confirmed positive result for the virus on 4 July 2015 will be discharged from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Manila today. His discharge follows two negative tests, 48 hours apart, which demonstrate that he is no longer infectious. He is now recovering and reported to be well. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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