Officials confirm first MERS case in China

South Korean whose father has disease is put into isolation after traveling to HK from Seoul

A visitor from South Korea has tested positive for Middle East respiratory syndrome, the first case to be confirmed in China, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Friday.

The 44-year-old, who previously had close contact with confirmed MERS patients in South Korea, flew from Seoul to Hong Kong on Tuesday, and traveled on to Huizhou, Guangdong province, via Shenzhen, on the same day.