Hong Kong quarantines woman for suspected infection

HONG KONG:

A woman was rushed to hospital here
yesterday over suspicion she has contracted
the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
virus as an outbreak In Southern Korea
triggers alarm elsewhere in Asia

The unidentified woman had sought
treatment at a clinic in Tsing Yi station
for a runny nose and fever after returning
here from a trip to South Korea.


"The Centre for Heath Protection received
a report of a suspected  case of Middle
East Respiratory Syndrome  from a private
Doctor  involving a 22 year -old woman
the government health body said

The suspected MERS patient visited
South Korea from May 25 to 27.
"She presented with a runny nose on June
9"and had a fever the centre said -adding
that she was in isolation at a hospital and
in a stable condition.

Health workers wore protective gear as the
area around the clinic was cordoned off.

Hong Kong had previously quarantine
19 people as precaution against MERS
and had isolated suspected  cases that turned
    out to be false alarm.
AFP