M.E.R.S. in South Korea

Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome  (M.E.R.S.) is from the coronovirus family like the common cold and SARS. The World Health Organization according to the BBC link below says that it has a death rate of 28%. It was first discovered in 2012. Contact with camels and from humans can spread it. An outbreak has happened in South Korea. There 2 have died, 25 are ill, and 700 are isolated. One person ignored the Dr.'s orders not to travel. They went through Hong Kong to China. There they are in the hospital. See the first link below for the cdc site for information.


I read information from the following links and watched news feeds before blogging.

http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/mers-mystery/two-die-mers-south-korea-n368141

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/world/south-korea-mers/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/01/us-health-mers-southkorea-idUSKBN0OH1P120150601

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/06/01/mers-fears-in-south-korea-nearly-700-isolated-as-health-officials-seek-to-block-spread/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/two-people-die-in-south-korea-after-contracting-mers-1433204050

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32969054