SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean firms have decided to provide medical masks to North Korean workers at the inter-Korean industrial park to curb the spread of the MERS virus, a company official said Tuesday. South Korea has already installed three thermal scanners at the industrial complex in the North’s border city of [...]
PYEONGTAEK, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An auxiliary nurse from a clinic in Pyeongtaek, the region at the epicenter of the MERS virus outbreak, shared her story of what it feels like to be isolated at home for treatment to prevent the further spread of the virus. After a patient who visited the clinic where [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Couples with upcoming nuptials are especially affected by the MERS outbreaks in Korea, as people are avoiding crowds in confined areas. More individuals are deciding not to attend weddings and are sending monetary gifts instead. Soon-to-wed couples are worrying about having few guests at their ceremonies, especially since aged [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus is set to provide a cell-phone position tracking service to help the Korean government locate the whereabouts of individuals suspected to have the MERS virus, as health authorities are determined to mobilize all measures to contact and manage individuals under suspicion. According to the Ministry of Health [...]
SEJONG, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Camel food products are not imported into or distributed in South Korea, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday, amid criticism over the government’s seemingly unrealistic advice on shunning camel meat and milk consumption to avoid Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Since the first outbreak of the acute respiratory illness on [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government assured foreign diplomats here Monday that it is making every effort to bring the outbreak of a viral respiratory illness under control. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a briefing for foreign diplomats here on South Korea’s fight against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. “The strong [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies are rushing to step up their emergency response efforts to better protect their employees from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which is showing signs of a wide spread in South Korea. South Korea remains gripped by the potentially deadly disease that has claimed six lives so far [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Camels in Korea are being isolated and tested for the MERS virus to ease the anxiety of visitors to zoos, although all of them were imported from Australia or born in Korea. According to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency on June 7, citizens do not have to fear [...]
“The outbreak is a source of concern and could hurt consumption and business investment. Everything possible is being done to contain the spread of MERS with efforts being made to check its impact on the economy and come up with counter measures to limit fallout.” “The government will come up with measures to prop up [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A web site that claims to share information about hospitals where individuals have been treated for, diagnosed with or isolated for the MERS virus, is becoming immensely popular. As the Korean government continues to withhold such information from the public, citizens are doing everything they can to share information, out [...]