South Korea confirmed the first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome of a pregnant woman Tuesday.
The woman in her 40s appeared to have been infected with the virus while briefly staying at an emergency room at the Samsung Medical Center, where the 14th confirmed patient was staying.
The woman is due to give birth this month and was staying at the hospital’s maternity ward.
The woman dropped by the emergency room to visit her mother who was there for acute indigestion on May 27, the same night the 14th patient was admitted, reports said.
The woman’s mother and father have also been confirmed of MERS.
Sources said the medical staff was having difficulty treating the woman as she is unable to take medicine to relieve her symptoms. Reports said the patient did not have a high fever but was suffering from muscular pain and slight difficulty in breathing.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
