MERS-CoV Epidemic Contained, No New Cases Reported
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Channel: 7Edition · 2018 · News & Politics
The Health Ministry has declared that the outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona-virus, MERS-CoV has been contained. Health Director-General, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement today, said no new cases of the mers-cov infection have been detected in Malaysia. He also confirmed that there were no new reports of the infection, spreading to those in close contact with the 55-year-old pilgrim who was first diagnosed with the disease. The ministry had been monitoring the infection during the 28 days incubation period since it was first detected on December 24th, last year. A total of 59 people in close contact with the patient were contained including family members, friends and fellow pilgrims in the same group. After a 14 days quarantine, samples of those in close contact with the patient were tested, showing negative results and no signs of the symptoms detected.
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