Thailand's First MERS Case Declared Free Of Deadly Virus

An Omani man who became Thailand's first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been declared free of the deadly virus, Thailand's health ministry said on Monday. The 75-year-old man, who had travelled to Bangkok for treatment for a heart condition and was then diagnosed with the virus, will remain in quarantine for the time being. "In the last test results we did not find the MERS virus in the patient," Surachet Satitramai, acting permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, ...