The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed yesterday that a Filipino in Saudi Arabia has contracted the dreaded Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) which he got from his wife who works in a hospital in Riyadh.
Citing reports from the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, DFA Spokesperson Charles Jose said the wife of the Filipino who got infected with MERS-CoV was confined in the hospital.
“After she got well, she returned home. Then after a few days the husband got infected,” Jose said in a press briefing.”The husband is now confined in a hospital and he is getting the proper treatment,” he added.
MANILA BULLETIN
