All posts tagged "MERS"

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    S. Korea back to business as usual after MERS outbreak

    By Choi Soohyang SEOUL (Yonhap) — Kim Etty does not wear a surgical mask or bring disposable plastic gloves and hand sanitizer anymore when she goes to work as she feels it’s safe now to go around...

    • Posted July 12, 2015
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  • A thermal camera monitor shows the body temperature of visitors during the Job Fairs in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 5, 2015. Sales of surgical masks surge amid fears of the deadly, poorly understood virus. Airlines announce "intensified sanitizing operations." More than 1,100 schools close and 1,600 people - and 17 camels in zoos - are quarantined. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade - SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (Yonhap)
    Alert issued for Hong Kong flu in S. Korea

    By Jung Min-ho Fresh concern is arising over the possible spread of an influenza virus as the nation has yet to emerge from the shock of an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The Korean government...

    • Posted July 10, 2015
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  • Four more patients were released from quarantine facilities, bringing the total number of those who have recovered to 54. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea reports 36th MERS death

    SEJONG, July 10 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported one more person dying of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Friday, bringing the death toll to 36, despite no new cases of the potentially deadly disease over the past...

    • Posted July 10, 2015
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  • An unidentified South Korean war veteran wears a mask as a precaution against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2015. South Korea's MERS outbreak originated from a 68-year-old man who had traveled to the Middle East, where the illness has been centered, before being diagnosed as the country's first MERS patient last month. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Looking back on MERS outbreak, S. Korea becomes lesson for other countries

    SEJONG, July 8 (Yonhap) — With the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea apparently coming to an end, experts say the deadly disease could have been eliminated much sooner with just a little...

    • Posted July 8, 2015
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    S. Korea reports first MERS death in 8 days

    (Yonhap) — South Korea on Wednesday reported its first death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in eight days, raising the death toll from the viral disease to 34. The number of people diagnosed with the potentially...

    • Posted July 7, 2015
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  • In this Thursday, June 18, 2015, file photo, an official wearing a mask as a precaution against the MERS virus works with a South Korean national flag in the background at Dongdaemun District Office in Seoul, South Korea. The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday praised beleaguered South Korean officials and exhausted health workers, saying their efforts to contain a deadly MERS virus outbreak have put the country on good footing and lowered the public risk. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    New MERS case reported after 4-day hiatus

    SEJONG, July 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported an additional case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Thursday, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the disease here to 183. The latest case marked the first...

    • Posted July 2, 2015
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  • Women wear masks as a precaution against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus as they walk on the Myeongdong, one of the main shopping districts, one of the main shopping districts in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The death toll continued to mount in South Korea's MERS outbreak on Tuesday even as schools reopen and people recover from the virus. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea hopes to declare itself MERS-free by late July

    By Kim Rahn The government is cautiously weighing when to declare Korea free from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The country has not had any new cases of the disease for four consecutive days since Sunday. If...

    • Posted July 1, 2015
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