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Samsung Electronics worker contracts MERS
2015/06/15 12:08
SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that one of its employees has been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus and is receiving treatment at a hospital.
In an internal notice to its staff, Samsung said the employee, whose identity and sex were withheld, works for its factory in Suwon, some 30 kilometers south of Seoul. The person was among the seven additional confirmed MERS patients announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a day earlier.
The employee was hospitalized on June 6 after running a fever about a week ago and has been receiving treatment since, Samsung said, adding that the patient is in stable condition. Samsung failed to disclose where the employee is being treated.
Samsung said it has isolated all workers, who have made or might have had contact with the patient since Saturday, while disinfecting the employee's office and other factory areas the patient had visited.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/06/15/42/0302000000AEN20150615003400320F.html
2015/06/15 12:08
SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that one of its employees has been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus and is receiving treatment at a hospital.
In an internal notice to its staff, Samsung said the employee, whose identity and sex were withheld, works for its factory in Suwon, some 30 kilometers south of Seoul. The person was among the seven additional confirmed MERS patients announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a day earlier.
The employee was hospitalized on June 6 after running a fever about a week ago and has been receiving treatment since, Samsung said, adding that the patient is in stable condition. Samsung failed to disclose where the employee is being treated.
Samsung said it has isolated all workers, who have made or might have had contact with the patient since Saturday, while disinfecting the employee's office and other factory areas the patient had visited.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/06/15/42/0302000000AEN20150615003400320F.html