FIVE individuals are under strict monitoring by the Department of Health (DOH) after showing symptoms of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Health Secretary Janette Garin said Tuesday.

The five were part of a group who had close contact with the 63-year-old Saudi national who died of the disease in the country last month.

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