THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday confirmed that three Filipinos in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have been infected with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

Citing reports from the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, Charles Jose, Foreign Affairs spokesman, said  the three Filipinos worked as healthcare personnel in various hospitals in the oil-rich kingdom, and they contracted the virus from MERS patients.

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