Thailand, a booming medical tourism hub popular with Middle Eastern patients, announced its first positive MERS case Thursday. 75-year-old man from Oman traveled to Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok for treatment. He was tired and coughing. They found out after 4 days that he has MERS!
The patient, who arrived with three members of his family, was later moved to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute and is in quarantine.