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Thailand’s First Case
A hospital in Thailand confirmed its first MERS case today, in a 75-year-old businessman from Oman.
It took nearly 4 days to confirm the case, in a Bangkok hospital known for treating medical tourists. 58 hospital workers have been quarantined as a result.
Thailand’s case comes just as South Korea’s outbreak appears to be leveling off, after infecting 166 people and killing 24.
Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/
The Global Health Security Challenge
The MERS outbreak in South Korea is an important reminder that global health security hinges on strengthening public health systems, Lawrence O. Gostin and Daniel Lucey emphasize in this commentary.
Health settings can amplify transmission risks, they note, as seen with SARS, Ebola, and MERS. Noting that well-trained health care workers can bring outbreaks under control quickly, they urge governments to fully fund and uphold the International Health Regulations that “…require all states to build core capacities, including diagnosis, treatment, laboratories, contact tracing, isolation, and humane forms of quarantine.”
JAMA (http://jama.jamanetwork.com/
Thailand confirms its first case of MERS, death toll rises to 24 in South Korea CNN
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