A suspected MERS patient from a Middle Eastern country has been quarantined at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi, Disease Control Department director-general Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai said on Tuesday.

All 10 Narathiwat residents suspected of contracting Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) while making the pilgrimage to the hajj in Saudi Arabia have tested negative.