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Operators urge Korea Mers checks
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 09/06/2015
» Thai tourism operators are calling on authorities to check travellers from South Korea carefully after six people died from the Mers virus there.
S. Korea isolates 680 as Mers infections spread
Published on 01/06/2015
» SEOUL – More than 680 people in South Korea have been placed in isolation after having contact with those infected with a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East, authorities said Monday.
Tears, prayers as 2 million Muslims mark peak of hajj
AFP, Published on 03/10/2014
» Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim hajj by close to two million believers from around the world reached its zenith on a vast plain in western Saudi Arabia Friday.
Two Filipinos die of MERS virus in Middle East
AFP, Published on 22/05/2014
» The Philippines said Thursday that two of its citizens working in Saudi Arabia have died from the MERS coronavirus.
Deadly Middle East respiratory virus strikes in US
AFP, Published on 03/05/2014
» The first case of MERS, a dangerous respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East and has a high death rate, has been confirmed in the United States, officials said Friday.
Ministry goes on alert for Mers virus
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/05/2014
» The Public Health Ministry has ordered its 53 health provincial offices to set up a disease surveillance system for the risk of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Thailand.
Philippines boosts MERS monitoring after UAE nurse scare
AFP, Published on 19/04/2014
» The Philippines said Saturday it was stepping up its defences against the deadly MERS virus, with the large numbers of Filipino workers in the Middle East seen as potential carriers.
MERS death toll in Saudi reaches 61
AFP, Published on 23/02/2014
» Saudi health authorities announced on Sunday the death of an elderly woman from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the kingdom to 61.
Lab-dish advance against MERS virus
AFP, Published on 29/01/2014
» Chinese scientists said Tuesday they had identified a compound that, in lab dish experiments, blocks infection by the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus.
Saudi urges elderly to avoid hajj over virus fears
AFP, Published on 13/07/2013
» Saudi Arabia on Saturday urged elderly and chronically ill Muslims not to perform the hajj pilgrimage, to curb the spread of the MERS coronavirus which has killed 38 in the kingdom.