WHO and South Korean health authorities have conducted a
joint mission to review the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS), the largest outside Saudi Arabia .The outbreak in South Korea has been
spreading at an unusually fast pace, with 138 confirmed infections as of
Saturday, with the country's first case diagnosed on May 20.
South Korea on Saturday reported the 14 death from the
disease and 12 new cases, including that of an ambulance driver who transported
a patient infected with the deadly virus.
Now the outbreak has been large and is complex.
A letter to the
Permanent Secretary at the ministry noted: “With Nigerians travelling all over the world for business
and pleasure, the disease could likely be carried into Nigeria as it is
transmitted through contact with an infected person.”
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