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Men in white protective clothing guard the entry roads leading up to the village in Sunchang County, North Jeolla province - an area famous for its spicy red pepper paste.
The small agricultural settlement was placed under quarantine when a 72-year-old woman returned from a hospital appointment in Pyeongtaek, the epicentre of the outbreak in Korea.
Quarantine officials in the same country tracked down a couple, both doctors, who visited the Philippines for a weekend holiday despite being under quarantine after a MERS patient was found at the hospital department the husband worked in.
Japan’s health ministry says five people broke quarantine for the MERS virus in South Korea and have returned to Japan.
The South Korean government earlier this month informed Japan that two Japanese and three Koreans who had been under house quarantine, had entered Japan, health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki told a news conference Thursday.
The ministry had mandated that all five individuals be under strict watch for a period of 14 days during which any signs of fever or any other symptoms will be monitored, Fuji TV reported. So far, four have already completed their time in quarantine.
Quarantine officials at airports are questioning passengers arriving from countries where MERS cases have been reported. The health ministry plans to isolate anyone with a fever of 38 C or higher and test them for MERS, either at the airport or at hospitals. Even travelers who do not exhibit symptoms but have come from areas where there have been MERS outbreaks will be asked to record their vital signs during the two-week incubation period of the disease and report the results to health authorities.
Meanwhile, South Korea on Friday reported its 24th death from the MERS virus and one new case as its battle to contain the outbreak appeared to be paying off.
This brought to 166 the total number of confirmed cases since the first one was diagnosed on May 20, the health ministry said.
The number of people in quarantine has fallen 12% from the previous day to 5,930.
Currently, 112 patients are in hospital for treatment and 30 others have been cured and released.
World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan expressed guarded optimism Thursday over South Korea’s ability to contain the outbreak, saying it was now “on a very good footing” after an initially slow response.
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The man being groomed to run Samsung Group, the largest of South Korea’s family-controlled conglomerates, apologized Tuesday for a Samsung hospital’s failures in dealing with the country’s outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome.
The hospital, Samsung Medical Center, has been at the heart of the outbreak, which has killed 27 South Koreans. Of the country’s 175 confirmed cases of the virus, known as MERS, 85 were found to have been infected at the hospital, which before the outbreak was widely considered the country’s best.
“Our Samsung Medical Center has caused too big a pain and worry for the people by failing to prevent the infection and spread of MERS,” the Samsung executive, Lee Jae-yong, said Tuesday in a nationally televised speech before bowing deeply. “I bow my head in apology,” he said.
Mr. Lee, 47, whose father, Lee Kun-hee, is Samsung Group’s chairman, has been a subject of close scrutiny here as he prepares to assume control over the sprawling conglomerate, a crucial engine of South Korea’s export-driven economy. His father, who is 73, has been hospitalized at Samsung Medical Center since suffering a heart attack more than a year ago, a fact that the younger Mr. Lee mentioned in his speech, saying that he could understand the anxiety and pain of MERS patients and their relatives.
Mr. Lee promised thorough reform at the hospital, including its emergency room, where overcrowded conditions were cited by experts as a central factor in the disease’s quick spread. A patient who was treated in the emergency room in late May was later identified as a so-called superspreader of MERS, infecting dozens of patients, visitors and medical staff members there. The hospital has apologized for the loopholes in its infection control.
The younger Mr. Lee, who is also known as Jay Y. Lee, replaced his father in May as chairman of Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation, which runs the hospital. That move, along with his ascension to the chairmanship of a Samsung cultural foundation, was seen as part of a succession plan. The two foundations hold stakes in Samsung Life Insurance, an important piece in the complex web of Samsung subsidiaries through which the Lee family controls the group. Mr. Lee is also vice chairman of Samsung’s flagship company, Samsung Electronics.
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Coligny wrote:gratuitous image.jpg
Just blame the French... We are used to and not like we care anyway...
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Renault Fluence Z.E.
(SM3 ze)
Takechanpoo wrote:renault made a big mistake..........
widely and frequently spoken of C and K in japan
"give him an inch, he will take an ell."
"return evil for good"
just stay away from the two and youll be safe....
Coligny wrote:Can somebody translate from st00pid ?
Mike Oxlong wrote:我々ほにゃらら。
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