All posts tagged "MERS"

  • The waiting room at a children's hospital in Seoul is empty, Thursday, as people are reluctant to visit medical facilities after many patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were infected while staying at them. (Yonhap)
    MERS S. Korean death toll rises to three; 1,600 quarantined

    By Kim Se-jeong A third individual in South Korea has died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), according to health authorities Thursday. The male patient was the first death from a tertiary infection, and brings the number...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • South Korean police officers wear masks as a precaution against MERS virus in downtown Seoul, South Korea Thursday, June 4, 2015. Sales of surgical masks surge amid fears of a deadly, poorly understood virus. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS, which stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade - SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    S. Korean MERS patient in China may face indictment

    By Jhoo Dong-chan A Korean Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patient, who is being treated in China, may face indictment in Hong Kong for giving false information during airport entry, if he returns, The South China Morning...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • An elementary school classroom in Choongbuk, South Korea, sits empty Wednesday. Hundreds of schools have shut down after a MERS outbreak that has killed three people as of Thursday. (Yonhap)
    In MERS concern, LA Korean American org cancels student trip to Korea

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles has canceled its plans to take KAFLA Jr. to South Korea for a summer program due to increasing concerns surrounding the MERS outbreak....

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • Hospital workers and visitors wearing masks pass by a precaution against the MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, virus at a quarantine tent for people who could be infected with the MERS virus at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country's first two deaths from MERS as it fights to contain the spread of a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    MERS-infected doctor contacted over 1,000 people in S. Korea

    SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) — A medical doctor in Seoul came into contact with over 1,000 citizens while infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the city government said Thursday, sparking concerns of the further spread...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • South Korea has offered North Korea MERS detection devices to install at the Kaesong Industrial Complex where there are factory workers from both the North and South. ((AP Photo/Kim Hong-ji)
    S. Korea offers MERS detection devices to N. Korea

    SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) — South Korea said Thursday it plans to provide North Korea with devices to detect the MERS virus so they could be installed at a joint industrial zone in the North. At the...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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    Is S. Korea dealing with mutated MERS?

    Minister denies it but evidence points otherwise  By Jung Min-ho SEOUL — Has the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus mutated? The answer greatly affects the way it is handled because, epidemiologically speaking, mutation means a more...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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    More than 1,300 quarantined in S. Korea to stop MERS

    By Kim Se-jeong More than 1,300 people have been quarantined in their homes or at hospitals and medical facilities after coming into contact with confirmed or suspected sufferers of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). This is 500...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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