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Omaha Steve

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Sat Jun 6, 2015, 09:45 PM Jun 2015

5th person dies of MERS in South Korea

Source: AP

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Officials say another person has died of the MERS virus in South Korea, putting the total number of deaths at five.

Sixty-four people have been infected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome since last month.

Hundreds of schools have closed and hundreds of people quarantined.

FULL short breaking story at link.


Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b33e641d6fe2471e82bddd91d1307d7a/5th-person-dies-mers-south-korea

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5th person dies of MERS in South Korea (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP
To be honest I am more worried about a major flu outbreak than MERs atm. nt cstanleytech Jun 2015 #1
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