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Another suspected case of MERS reported in Medan
A patient thought to have contracted the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is reportedly being treated at Adam Malik Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, after a person suspected of being infected with the virus died on Monday
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patient thought to have contracted the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is reportedly being treated at Adam Malik Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, after a person suspected of being infected with the virus died on Monday.
A doctor with the hospital said on Tuesday that the female patient, identified only by the initials SHN, 50, was being treated in an isolation room. She has recently returned from umrah (a minor haj) in Saudi Arabia.
'From the symptoms found in the patient, SHN is suspected to be suffering from MERS. She just returned from umrah and most patients infected with the virus have just arrived from performing umrah,' Luhur Soeroso, head of the lung department at Adam Malik Hospital, told journalists in a press conference on Tuesday.
He said SHN had been treated at Adam Malik Hospital since Monday afternoon. She was rushed to hospital due to high fever shortly after receiving medical treatment at Medistra Hospital in Lubuk Pakam, Deli Serdang regency.
Previously, a 54-year-old man identified as KS had been treated at Adam Malik Hospital for contracting suspected MERS before he died on Monday. Both SHN and KS arrived in Medan last Friday but on different flights.
North Sumatra health officials have carried out health examinations of umrah pilgrims arriving from Saudi Arabia since Monday.
Acting North Sumatra health agency chief Sri Suryani Purnamawati said health examinations were conducted on all umrah pilgrims, especially those who were in the same group as KS.
"Most of them refused the examinations, so this is why it's quite difficult for us to make sure whether there are any umrah pilgrims infected with MERS," she said. (gda/ebf)
