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中国首例MERS患者背后的故事

On May 29, the Chinese public was put on alert by a notice issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

5月29日，国家计生委的一条消息让中国民众警觉起来。

It was about China’s first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The unnamed 44-year-old man who contracted the infectious disease is South Korean. He flew from Seoul to Hong Kong on May 26 after his father was diagnosed with the MERS, and then traveled to Huizhou, Guangdong province, ignoring instructions from doctors to stay at home, Xinhua reported.

这是关于中国首例（输入性）中东呼吸综合征（MERS）患者的消息。据新华社报道，这位韩国籍患者今年44岁，在父亲确诊患MERS之后，不顾医嘱，于5月26日从首尔飞抵香港，随后进入广东省惠州市。

Currently hospitalized in Central Hospital in Huizhou, the man’s condition was worsening, yet his vital signs were stable. A total of 67 people who had been in close contact with the man in China had been quarantined, but another 10 had remained out of contact by Tuesday.

据悉，该男子已进入惠州市中心人民医院接受治疗，虽然病情尚未好转，但各项生命体征稳定。在中国，与该男子密切接触的人中已有67人已被隔离，截止上周四仍有10名接触者“失联”。

The infected man’s insistence on traveling to China despite the opposition of his doctor has sparked criticism in South Korea and China, with lots of legal experts and members of the public asking to punish him.