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Passengers walk past a thermal scanner at the medical quarantine area at the arrival section of Manila’s International Airport in Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines. AP FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — An overseas Filipino worker from Saudi Arabia has tested positive for the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-COV), a radio report said Wednesday.
The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that a 32-year old Filipina nurse was infected with the virus and was confined at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City, radio dzMM said in a report.
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