Over 2,300 quarantined, 1,800 schools closed in S Korea over MERS

‘More than 2,300 people are quarantined and over 1,800 schools closed amid fears of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in South Korea.

On Sunday, South Korean health officials increased the death toll to six by announcing to more deaths.

A 75-year-old man was pronounced dead in a hospital in the capital Seoul while an 80-year-old one diagnosed in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of the capital, also succumbed to the virus later.’

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