Recently, the MERS or the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus has been the latest lethal scare. The virus apparently takes less than five minutes to spread and creates severe respiratory problems, fever, cough and a few other symptoms.
The disease gets its peculiar name since it was recorded Saudi Arabia in the year 2012 for the very first time. After that, the disease has managed to spread to areas of South Korea and some other regions of Asian countries. The virus was brought to South Korea by a 68 year-old man who visited the Middle-East on a business trip.
This time, the heir of Samsung has actually apologized for the spread of MERS. This is because several of the infected patients are in fact from the Samsung Medical Center in South Korea.
Apparently, a patient there known as the “super-spreader” who waited for days to get a room, actually infected many. Visitors, staff members and other patients were also left affected at the center.
The World Health Organization says that MERS is starting to come under control in South Korea. About 50 people have been cured, but thousands are still under quarantine. Hopefully, the situation will be brought under control as soon as possible.
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