South Korean becomes China's first confirmed MERS case - South Korea Case #10

[Gert van der Hoek]

Fri May 29, 2015 5:27am EDT Related: HEALTH, CHINA, SOUTH KOREA

South Korean becomes China's first confirmed MERS case

BEIJING | BY SUI-LEE WEE


China said on Friday a South Korean man had tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), China's first confirmed case, but that it had not found any symptoms in the 38 people who had close contact with him.

Authorities in South Korea said earlier that the man had skipped out of voluntary home quarantine to take a trip to China.

The World Health Organization said on Friday 10 people in South Korea were confirmed as having MERS, but there has been no sustained human-to-human spread. The UN agency said that it was not recommending screening of passengers or that travel or trade restrictions be imposed on South Korea due to the outbreak.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

MERS infects 10 in South Korea but no virus mutation: WHO



Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters
Publication Date : 29-05-2015

Ten people in South Korea are confirmed as having the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, transmitted by a traveller, but there has been no sustained human-to-human spread, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

The United Nations health agency said that it was not recommending screening of passengers or that travel or trade restrictions be imposed on South Korea due to the outbreak.

"The virus is not behaving differently, it is direct transmission and not sustained human-to-human-transmission. They are all related to the same case who came travelling from the Middle East," WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a briefing. Separately, a South Korean man who had travelled to China via Hong Kong this week has tested positive for MERS, a health ministry official in Seoul said on Friday.

 

[sharon sanders]

The "10th" patient referred to here is the case hospitalized in China. This is technically a South Korean case since it originated in South Korea.
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[sharon sanders]

Please see:

China -WHO confirmed: Guangdong province announces coronavirus MERS case - isolated and symptomatic - traveled from South Korea via Hong Kong - May 28, 2015