SEOUL, Jun. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung Seoul Hospital announced a partial shutdown due to the further spread of the MERS virus on June 15, an exodus of patients to other hospitals in the district has begun. Samsung Seoul is forcing its current patients and those with scheduled appointments to move to other hospitals [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus is set to exempt its customers in isolation for or under treatment for the MERS virus from paying their phone charges for the month of June. The company will also provide customers with unlimited data usage for the month, according to an announcement on June 15. The company [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — TVXQ fans cheered through their masks at concerts on June 13 and 14, where concerns over the MERS virus were moderated by organizers who used thermal imaging cameras to check body temperatures at various times during the shows. The two-day concert raised concerns over the further spread of the [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans are increasingly turning to online channels for grocery shopping as they eschew their usual visits to grocers amid the continued spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), industry data showed Monday. South Korea has reported 150 MERS infections since the first case was confirmed on May 20, [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Tens of thousands of South Koreans have canceled blood donations amid fears over a possible infection by the MERS virus that has claimed 15 lives in the country since late May, the Korean Red Cross said Sunday. Some 230 organizations and more than 25,000 people have called off blood donations [...]
SEOUL/SEJONG, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday South Korea is bracing for a drawn-out battle against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), saying its outbreak is “large and complex.” The warning came amid reports of a rebound in the daily tally of confirmed cases. A dozen new infections were found, raising the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Health authorities and police in Gwangjin District had to deal with a woman in her fifties, isolated at her house as a MERS precaution, as she insisted on taking part in scheduled trip to China. After a night full of persuasion from workers at the district Health Community Center, [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s central bank on Thursday lowered the base rate to a record low of 1.5 percent amid growing concerns the country’s first-ever outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) will likely dent growth and consumption. In the monthly rate-setting meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Korea (BOK) [...]
SUWON, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A university lecturer conducted his class through internet broadcasting service Afreeca TV after Suwon University shut down classes for five days as part of its measures to prevent the spread of the MERS virus. As six students and a professor at the university were confirmed to have participated in [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The country’s first-ever outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is forecast to hinder economic growth as South Koreans scale back spending amid growing alarm over the viral respiratory illness, a report showed Wednesday. Morgan Stanley projected South Korea’s annual economic growth to fall by 0.15 percentage point if the MERS [...]