South Korea confirms 2 additional coronavirus MERS cases, #8 & #9 - May 29, 2015

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(LEAD) S. Korea confirms 2 additional MERS cases

2015/05/29 12:16​

SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- ...

The two were found to have been infected with the disease from a 68-year-old patient, the country's first confirmed MERS case, according to the health ministry.

One of them was a medical staff who treated the first confirmed MERS patient, while the other shared a hospital room with him, the ministry said.

The latest cases raised the number of people infected with the potentially deadly virus to nine...

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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/full...05551320F.html

 

[sharon sanders]

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[sharon sanders]

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