Deadly Mers Outbreak Has Not Spread Outside South Korea Hospitals Who

Deadly Mers Outbreak Has Not Spread Outside South Korea Hospitals Who Seoul, south korea (ap) — the mers virus in south korea, which has killed 14 people and infected nearly 140 in the largest outbreak outside the middle east, hasn’t spread outside hospitals among the wider community or become easier to transmit between humans, the world health organization said. After a weeklong review of the outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome, experts from who and south korea told reporters saturday there was no evidence to suggest the virus, currently.

South Korea Mers Outbreak 2nd Hospital Closed Cnn Health authorities say the virus has not spread beyond the hospitals where the mers virus was found. to prevent any further outbreaks, over 2,000 people have been placed under quarantine. "there may be a third wave from hospitals that mers patients had stayed at but it won't spread as much as it has," lee said. Margaret chan said it’s a good sign the disease has so far been confined to a handful of hospitals and isn’t spreading in the wider community. “all the new information is reassuring, but that reassurance must be qualified,” chan said thursday at a news conference in seoul. The prospects for the virus weakening this week depend on whether there are many people who have evaded government quarantine measures and infected other people in various places, said jacob lee, an infectious disease expert at kangnam sacred heart hospital in seoul.

South Korea Mers Outbreak 2nd Hospital Closed Cnn Margaret chan said it’s a good sign the disease has so far been confined to a handful of hospitals and isn’t spreading in the wider community. “all the new information is reassuring, but that reassurance must be qualified,” chan said thursday at a news conference in seoul. The prospects for the virus weakening this week depend on whether there are many people who have evaded government quarantine measures and infected other people in various places, said jacob lee, an infectious disease expert at kangnam sacred heart hospital in seoul. In south korea, the outbreak started when a 68 year old man returned from a trip to the arabian peninsula with the mers virus and visited four hospitals before he was diagnosed, according to local health officials. The distinct characteristic of the middle east respiratory syndrome (mers) outbreak in south korea is that it not only involves intra hospital transmission, but it also involves hospital to hospital transmission. The mers virus, which causes coughing, fever and can lead to fatal pneumonia and kidney failure, has been reported mainly in saudi arabia and south korea, but has also been imported in. After a weeklong review of the outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome, experts from who and south korea told reporters saturday there was no evidence to suggest the virus, currently confined around health facilities, is spreading.

South Korea Mers Outbreak 2nd Hospital Closed Cnn In south korea, the outbreak started when a 68 year old man returned from a trip to the arabian peninsula with the mers virus and visited four hospitals before he was diagnosed, according to local health officials. The distinct characteristic of the middle east respiratory syndrome (mers) outbreak in south korea is that it not only involves intra hospital transmission, but it also involves hospital to hospital transmission. The mers virus, which causes coughing, fever and can lead to fatal pneumonia and kidney failure, has been reported mainly in saudi arabia and south korea, but has also been imported in. After a weeklong review of the outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome, experts from who and south korea told reporters saturday there was no evidence to suggest the virus, currently confined around health facilities, is spreading.

South Korea Mers Outbreak 2nd Hospital Closed Cnn The mers virus, which causes coughing, fever and can lead to fatal pneumonia and kidney failure, has been reported mainly in saudi arabia and south korea, but has also been imported in. After a weeklong review of the outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome, experts from who and south korea told reporters saturday there was no evidence to suggest the virus, currently confined around health facilities, is spreading.