South Korea Monday reported its 16th death
in an expanding MERS outbreak ,as President
Park Geun Hye called for efforts to shore up
the economy against what she called "excessive
public alarm
Seoul also declared five new patients ,bringing
the total number of cases including the deaths
to 150,as fears grew over the impact of the
outbreak on Asia's fourth largest economy,
Park,whose popularity has plunged due to the
crisis ,urged efforts to minimise the damage
to the economy,saying consumer spending
had dipped and the number
of foreign tourists had plunged,
"It is important to prevent the spread of
excessive public anxiety and allow normal
economic activities to resume quickly",
More than 100,000 foreigners have cancelled
trips to Seoul since the beginning of June and
more are expected to follow suit ,Seoul's vice
tourism minister warned Monday,
About 14.2 million foreigners or about 11
million a month on average visited the country
last year A 58 year old man who had been
suffering from diabates was the latest
victim of middle East Respiratory Syndrome
which broke out in South Korea less than
a month ago,
The country now has the largest outbreak
outside Saudi Arabia and it is spreading
unusually rapidly,The five new patients
age 39 to84 were infected in hospital in cities
including Seoul and Daejeon ,140 kilometres
south of the capital.
Among the was a nures who had performed
CPR on an infected patient in Daejeon and
a man who was infected at Samsung Medical
Centre in Seoul after accompanying his sick
mother,She later died MERS
AFP
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