Friday, June 12, 2015

South Korea Reports 11th Death In MERS Outbreak

Face masks in Seoul for protection against transmission

A 72-year-old person in South Korea has died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the 11th person to die of an outbreak in the country that began last month, an official said on Friday.

Reuters reports the woman had contracted the virus at a hospital south of the capital, Seoul, that was at the centre of the outbreak that has infected 126 people.

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