Update on MERS in South Korea

As of July 15-17, 2015, no new cases of MERS infection or new deaths related to MERS have been reported. So far, 186 MERS cases have been documented in South Korea, including 1 case in China attributed to the South Korean outbreak, with 36 related deaths. There are still 155 contacts being monitored. The median age of cases is 55 years old (16-87 years old), 59% of cases were men, and 14% are health care workers. All cases have been linked to a single chain of transmission and are associated with health care facilities.

It looks as though South Korea has a very robust public health monitoring system and effectively contained this out break. Since September 2012, 1,368 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS infection have been documented globally, with at least 490 deaths.

Read the World Health Organization Disease Outbreak News article HERE.

View all MERS cases in South Korea as of July 17, 2015 HERE.