BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand reported its second case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus on Sunday, according to the country’s health minister.
The virus was detected in a 71-year old Omani man traveling to Bangkok on Friday, Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn told a news conference.
The first case was detected in a businessman from Oman in June last year.
(Reporting Manunphattr Dhanananphorn; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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