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22 Korean Air employees quarantined after MERS exposure
2015/06/18 15:02
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) --
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The countermeasure against the respiratory illness came after one of the MERS patients, who had been diagnosed on Saturday, was found to have traveled on the Gimpo-Jeju Island route via Korean Air flights KE1223 and KE1238 on June 5, according to the carrier.
Eight Korean Air employees, who had come in contact with the patient at the airports, as well as 14 crew members of the affected flight were put under quarantine.
None have shown any signs of an infection so far, according to the company.
Korean Air also said it has submitted a list of some 500 other passengers who had boarded the same flights along with the patient.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2015/06/18/58/0501000000AEN20150618006600320F.html
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Shilla hotel halts business on Jeju over MERS
2015/06/18 19:26
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Hotel Shilla, the luxury accommodation affiliate of South Korea's biggest conglomerate, Samsung Group, said Thursday that it has suspended its business on the southern resort island of Jeju over the deadly MERS virus.
Shilla said its operations will not be resumed until after concerns over the possible transmission of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome are dispelled.
It said it has asked its guests to leave the hotel on the island.
The announcement came after media reports that an unidentified person stayed at the hotel along with family members between June 5 and 8 before the person was confirmed to have been infected with the virus. No details about the person were immediately available.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/06/18/13/0302000000AEN20150618010100315F.html
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No new patients from Samsung Medical Center
June 19,2015
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The Shilla Hotel on Jeju Island also closed on Thursday after Patient No. 141, who was confirmed for MERS on Saturday, was found to have traveled to Jeju Island from June 5 to 8 with family and friends.
The 42-year-old man visited a horseback-riding course and a theme park while in Jeju. The Health Ministry immediately isolated 56 people, including those who accompanied him on the trip, hotel employees and flight attendants.
Patient No. 141 contracted the disease while visiting the Samsung Medical Center?s outpatient ward with his father on May 27.
The man made headlines over the weekend, however, when he opted instead to visit Gangnam Severance Hospital via taxi after showing symptoms, even though the Gangnam Community Health Center had sent an ambulance to pick him up.
However, he fled the hospital before he could be put in isolation or confirmed, charging out of the building and going home again via taxi.
Health workers reported that the man was enraged and had shouted that he would spread ?MERS to everyone? if he tested positive.
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http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3005589
2015/06/18 15:02
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) --
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The countermeasure against the respiratory illness came after one of the MERS patients, who had been diagnosed on Saturday, was found to have traveled on the Gimpo-Jeju Island route via Korean Air flights KE1223 and KE1238 on June 5, according to the carrier.
Eight Korean Air employees, who had come in contact with the patient at the airports, as well as 14 crew members of the affected flight were put under quarantine.
None have shown any signs of an infection so far, according to the company.
Korean Air also said it has submitted a list of some 500 other passengers who had boarded the same flights along with the patient.
...
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2015/06/18/58/0501000000AEN20150618006600320F.html
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Shilla hotel halts business on Jeju over MERS
2015/06/18 19:26
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Hotel Shilla, the luxury accommodation affiliate of South Korea's biggest conglomerate, Samsung Group, said Thursday that it has suspended its business on the southern resort island of Jeju over the deadly MERS virus.
Shilla said its operations will not be resumed until after concerns over the possible transmission of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome are dispelled.
It said it has asked its guests to leave the hotel on the island.
The announcement came after media reports that an unidentified person stayed at the hotel along with family members between June 5 and 8 before the person was confirmed to have been infected with the virus. No details about the person were immediately available.
...
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/06/18/13/0302000000AEN20150618010100315F.html
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No new patients from Samsung Medical Center
June 19,2015
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The Shilla Hotel on Jeju Island also closed on Thursday after Patient No. 141, who was confirmed for MERS on Saturday, was found to have traveled to Jeju Island from June 5 to 8 with family and friends.
The 42-year-old man visited a horseback-riding course and a theme park while in Jeju. The Health Ministry immediately isolated 56 people, including those who accompanied him on the trip, hotel employees and flight attendants.
Patient No. 141 contracted the disease while visiting the Samsung Medical Center?s outpatient ward with his father on May 27.
The man made headlines over the weekend, however, when he opted instead to visit Gangnam Severance Hospital via taxi after showing symptoms, even though the Gangnam Community Health Center had sent an ambulance to pick him up.
However, he fled the hospital before he could be put in isolation or confirmed, charging out of the building and going home again via taxi.
Health workers reported that the man was enraged and had shouted that he would spread ?MERS to everyone? if he tested positive.
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http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3005589
