South Korea - Media report: Ministry of Health reporting 6th coronavirus MERS death - June 8, 2015

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(URGENT) S. Korea reports sixth MERS-related death

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The latest MERS-related death was confirmed after an 80-year-old, who was diagnosed with the disease earlier in the day, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Daejeon, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2015/06/08/29/0504000000AEN20150608003300320F.html

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Health | Sun Jun 7, 2015 9:17pm EDT Related: HEALTH

South Korean man with MERS virus sixth to die in outbreak: officials

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The man had been suffering from pneumonia when he was confirmed to have contracted the virus from another patient at a hospital, officials said.
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(Reporting by Ju-min Park)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/08/us-health-mers-southkorea-death-idUSKBN0OO02720150608

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(2nd LD) S. Korea reports sixth death from MERS, 23 new cases

2015/06/08 10:44

SEJONG, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported its sixth death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Monday, along with 23 new cases that brought the total number of people diagnosed with the disease here to 87.

The latest MERS-related death was confirmed after an 80-year-old male, who was only diagnosed with the disease earlier in the day, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Daejeon, some 160 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The man was one of six new patients infected while staying at or visiting two hospitals in Daejeon.

The 17 others were infected while visiting Seoul's Samsung Medical Center, one of 24 hospitals in the country that have been affected by the acute respiratory illness.
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