South Korea - Government announces 4 new coronavirus MERS cases: total cases = 126 - June 11, 2015

[sharon sanders]

[Press Resources] Homers confirmed four people added party, a total of 126 people
2015-06-12	126
CHANG Young Jin	Homers central management task force
Homers party confirmed four additional patients , a total of 126 people □ 6.12 at Health and Human Services Central Administration Homers Homers added to the task force confirmed positive test results (6.11 days confirmed ) cases with four people he said . ○ 6.11 days of confirmed characters 3 found 5.27 ~ 5.29 were exposed in the emergency department at Samsung Seoul Hospital , one of them 5.27 All Good Morning Hospital in Pyeongtaek to have been exposed at 14 times that have been investigated in connection with the patient . □ On the other hand , 6.11 days it published cases (6.10 days confirmed characters ) of five epidemiological studies were published results for patients . ○ 6.10 days of party confirmed two names - 5.29 5.27 were exposed in the emergency department at Samsung Seoul Hospital , two of them5.25 to 5.27 as well as being exposed in the work Good Morning Hospital in PyeongtaekAll 14 were investigated to be associated with one patient . ○ remaining 1 patients (119 patients time ) is , the intermediate survey in Pyeongtaek philanthropic hospital emergency room 52was determined that the potential infection from one patient . ※ 119 times the patient is 5.31 nights fraternity had visited the emergency room in Pyeongtaek , 52 times the patient is hospitalized in Pyeongtaek St. Mary's Hospital (5.23 ~ 28) self-isolation after a fever of 5.31 nights the same time admitted to hospital in Pyeongtaek fraternitywas . http://www.mw.go.kr/front_new/al/sal...ONT_SEQ=323337

[Commonground]

from above:
119 times the patient is 5.31 nights fraternity had visited the emergency room in Pyeongtaek

Also from here:
#119 35(M) Policeman. Met friend who had traveled to Saudi Arabia, on 5/26 & 28. Onset 5/31. The friend tested negative. Patient worked on 6/1, 2 and was isolated on 6/3. 2^nd test was negative & discharged on 6/4. Readmitted local hospital in Asan, South Chungcheong & Confirmed 6/9.
He roamed around Seoul, Gyeonggi Province & South Chungcheong Province since May 31 when he started showing symptoms. Day before he was readmitted he used public transportation to travel from Seoul to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3005306&cloc=joongangdaily|home|top

[sharon sanders]

Raw MoH data now posted at the link in the 1st post above:


123
(Male, 65)
6.11
.5.27 ~ 5.29 # 14 of Samsung Seoul Hospital emergency rooms stay (Seoul Bo hwanyeon)

124
(Male, 36 years old)
6.11
.5.28 ~ 5.29 # 14 of Samsung Seoul Hospital emergency rooms stay (Seoul Bo hwanyeon)

125
(Male, 56 years)
6.11
.5.27 # 14 and Samsung Seoul Hospital emergency room stays

126
(Over 70 years)
6.11
.5.27 # 14 The Good Morning Hospital in Pyeongtaek care in a hospital

[tetano]

MERS infections in S. Korea rise to 126 with 4 more cases

The number of South Koreans infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) increased to 126 on Friday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said.
Four more people were tested positive for the MERS virus, bringing the total contagion number to 126, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Among the new cases were three people contracting the virus from the 14th patient in three days from May 27 at the emergency room of the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul.
The remaining case was a 70-year-old woman who also caught the virus from the 14th patient at a hospital in Pyeongtaek, some 60 km south of Seoul.
The 14th patient, called super spreader, has infected more than 60 people at the Samsung hospital.

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2015-06/12/content_35805298.htm

[Pathfinder]

South Korea confirms 11th MERS death

Published : 2015-06-12 21:42
Updated : 2015-06-12 21:56
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Fear of an epidemic grew across the country as authorities remained uncertain about where a 36-year-old policeman ― confirmed as a MERS patient Thursday ― had caught the virus. They said there was a possibility he caught the virus from Korea?s 52nd MERS patient while visiting Pyeongtaek Bagae Hospital on May 31.

But the authorities? speculation was rebuffed later by the hospital, which said that patient No. 52 and the policeman never crossed paths at the hospital. The hospital surveillance records showed that the former had visited the hospital 17 minutes after the policeman left the facility.

Experts are raising the possibility of the virus having been already released among the general public, with the policeman having been infected via some other unknown source. As of Friday afternoon, the authorities have said all infections occurred within hospital walls.
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?We cannot rule out the possibility of MERS being spread to the general public,? said Lee Jae-gap, an infectious disease expert at the Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital. But Lee, a civilian expert who is part of the government?s response team, said the possibility of a wide-scale infection remains slim.

The special response team also confirmed four more MERS cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 126.

Three of the newly infected patients appear to have caught the virus at Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul, while another patient ― a 70-year-old woman ― appears to have been infected at Pyeongtaek Goodmorning Hospital, according to the MERS special response team at the Health Ministry.
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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150612000910