November 05, 2020 2:07 pm
Russia’s experience in developing an antidote against MERS has stood it in good stead in developing an anti-COVID vaccine
June 22, 2015 12:35 pm
South Korea reported two MERS fatalities on Monday taking the death toll to 27. Three more were diagnosed with the virus taking the total number of people infected to 172.
June 17, 2015 11:04 am
The eight new South Korean cases include four who were infected at Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul have contracted the virus.
June 15, 2015 12:05 pm
Five new cases were reported by the Health Ministry on Monday, taking the total to 150, the largest outbreak outside of Saudi Arabia.
June 12, 2015 5:43 pm
More than 120 people in South Korea have been diagnosed with Middle East respiratory syndrome since the country reported its first case last month.
June 10, 2015 10:02 pm
South Korea officials this week said the MERS outbreak may have peaked but that the next several days would be crucial to determining whether their efforts to isolate infected patients had stymied the disease.
June 10, 2015 8:05 am
Hong Kong has issued a red travel warning for South Korea, the second highest of three levels, and advised residents against unnecessary travel there.
June 09, 2015 7:07 pm
The biggest outbreak of MERS outside the region where it was first seen in 2012 was introduced to South Korea last month by a 68-year-old man who had traveled to Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries.
June 08, 2015 12:04 pm
South Korean authorities will track the cellphones of more than 2,300 people under quarantine to prevent the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
June 07, 2015 10:44 am
Sales of surgical masks surge amid fears of a deadly, poorly understood virus. South Korea is currently in a frenzy over MERS, which stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.


