WHO says South Korea's MERS outbreak large and complex

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Industries | Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:46pm EDT Related: HEALTHCARE

UPDATE 2-WHO says South Korea's MERS outbreak large and complex

(Recasts with WHO news conference)

By Jack Kim

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There was also no indication that the MERS virus in South Korea had changed to make it more transmissible, the WHO's assistant director general, Keiji Fukuda, told a news conference at the Health Ministry in Sejong, south of the capital, Seoul.
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"Because the outbreak has been large and is complex, more cases should be anticipated," said Fukuda, who is leading a WHO team that is conducted a joint review with South Korean officials of the country's response to the outbreak.

He said he was encouraged that South Korea's control measures were having an impact.
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"At present, the mission has found no evidence to indicate there is an ongoing transmission in the community," Fukuda said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/13/health-mers-southkorea-idUSL3N0YY5AY20150613

 

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S. Korea, WHO Experts Downplay Pandemic Potential of MERS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJUNE 12, 2015, 4:44 A.M. E.D.T.

SEOUL, South Korea ? Experts from the World Health Organization and South Korea have downplayed concerns about the MERS virus spreading further within the country, but they say it's premature to declare the outbreak over.
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He says overcrowded emergency rooms and patients' wards in South Korean hospitals might have contributed to a wider-than-expected transmission of the virus that usually spreads poorly between people.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/12/world/asia/ap-as-skorea-mers-virus.html

 

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(3rd LD) A dozen new MERS patients reported in S. Korea

2015/06/13 11:21
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The U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) advised South Korea to prepare for a drawn-out battle against MERS.

After a weeklong on-site inspection, the WHO team said at a press briefing in the administrative city of Sejong that it would take several weeks to see a "perfect effect" from current government measures.

It cited the large scale of the endemic and complicated situations as factors.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/06/13/0200000000AEN20150613000653320.html

 

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WHO calls emergency meeting on 'large, complex' South Korea MERS outbreak

Video: http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/0...orea?videoId=364574921&newsChannel=southKorea

Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:16am EDT

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to consider South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which it described as "large and complex".

Continued: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0OS2HI20150613