MERS panic hit South Korea

Long jiangnan times 0 on June 5, 2015

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South Korean health welfare department reported 3 the new 5 cases of respiratory syndrome (MERS) confirmed cases in the Middle East. At this point, South Korea confirmed patients infected with this virus increased to 30 people, isolated objects more than 1300 people. In order to prevent the MERS virus continues to spread, and South Korea more than 200 schools closed temporarily, the army to prevent the virus spread in the barracks.

South Korea's first diagnosed patients is a 68 - year - old man. He went to the three countries in the Middle East trip in the middle of April and return on May 4, South Korea, was diagnosed with the virus MERS in 16 days.

Health welfare department said 3, 5 cases of new cases, four patients in the hospital had close contact with the 68 - year - old man. Another 60 year-old male patient is the second generation of human-to-human transmission cases of infection, he had contact with the first patients with the infection between the patients live the same MERS ward, which infected with this virus. The man in South Korea, is also the world's third example MERS are believed to spread the "second generation" cases.

South Korea said a spokesman for the ministry of education, in order to prevent the MERS virus continues to spread, as of 3, 11, 230 primary and middle schools across the country have closed temporarily.

Classes in the school, there first MERS cases in 184 in gyeonggi province. Seoul has decided to shut until 5, a primary school day is the first of the measures taken by the south Korean capital. The national total of about 20000 primary and middle schools, close the school accounts for about 1%.