Yala woman tested for "Mers"
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A 59-year-old woman from Yala province who has just returned from Saudi Arabia is though to have contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers).
The woman has developed symptoms of the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus or Mers including high fever, coughing and respiratory problems.
Her family rushed her to a Yala hospital where tests for the virus are being carried out.
She has just returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca and arrived home to Yala’s Muang district on October 2.
