Two visitors to Hong Kong taken to hospital with symptoms of deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome

Two foreign visitors to Hong Kong were taken to hospital on Thursday after showing symptoms of Middle East respiratory syndrome. The 48-year-old man and his two-year-old granddaughter had recently visited Saudi Arabia before arriving via mainland China using the through train from the southern city of Guangzhou. It was not clear whether they boarded the train in Guangzhou or in nearby Changping in Dongguan. They arrived at Hong Kong’s Hung Hom station at about 6.18pm on Thursday. A...