Eight new cases of MERS in South Korea

By Euronews with REUTERS, WHO

Published on 17/06/2015 - 05:13

South Korea’s health ministry has recorded eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS, bringing the total to 162. So far 19 people

South Korea’s health ministry has recorded eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS, bringing the total to 162.

So far 19 people have died since the virus was first diagnosed in May in a businessman who had returned from a trip to the Middle East.

Nineteen others have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

“The World Health Organization”:http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/faq/en/ (WHO) which has described the South Korea flare up as “large and complex” has traced all the cases to healthcare facilities.

8 new cases brings total #MERS infections in South Korea to 162 http://t.co/3APFMBCBUG (AFP pic) pic.twitter.com/usohgaioI7
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) June 17, 2015

Meanwhile in Germany a 65-year-old man has died from the virus. He’d become infected while visiting an animal market on the Arabian Peninsula.

MERS emerged in the Middle East in 2012 and is from the same family as the SARS virus. It can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia.

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