Indonesian Dies of MERS in Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims sleep at the building where they will cast stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan, during the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca October 28, 2012. (Reuters Photo/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)Jakarta. An Indonesian national living in Saudi Arabia has died in the kingdom after failing to respond to treatment for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a coronavirus that has an approximately 50 percent survival rate and has killed around 800 people.
"I have been informed that an Indonesian patient identified as N.A., who was undergoing an intensive treatment at King Saudi hospital in Jeddah because of MERS, died on Sunday, 1 p.m. local time after being treated for seven days," Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the Ministry of Health's director general of disease control, said on Tuesday.
Tjandra said the patient had died of renal failure and respiratory difficulties.
"I am still asking for information about tracing the people [the patient came into contact with] and expect these answers within two weeks," Tjandra said. "The case where a Malaysian died, for instance — 200 people who had contact with the patient were examined."
It was reported last week that a 61-year-old Indonesian, whose gender was not known, was rushed to a hospital in Jeddah on April 20 after showing symptoms consistent with Mers. It was reported that the patient was a resident of Saudi Arabia and not traveling on a pilgrimage.
Tjandra said Indonesia has taken preventive measures to anticipate an outbreak in the archipelago. Jeddah, Mecca and Medina — all important sites for Muslim pilgrims — have seen a rise in the number of Mers cases in recent weeks, and authorities in Indonesia remain concerned about the vulnerability of the world's most populous Muslim country.
More Hajj pilgrims depart from Indonesia each year than from any other country.
The ministry has distributed health cards to Indonesian pilgrims asking them to seek immediate medical treatment if they experience symptoms while in Saudi Arabia or feel ill within two weeks after returning to Indonesia.
While Mers cases have mostly been restricted to Gulf countries, cases have also been reported in France and Greece.
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