BRAVING MERS A family of tourists wearing facemasks stand on a street in the Myeongdong shopping area in Seoul on June 4, 2015. AFP PHOTO
BRAVING MERS
A family of tourists wearing facemasks stand on a street in the Myeongdong shopping area in Seoul on June 4, 2015. AFP PHOTO

SEOUL: Hundreds more schools closed Thursday in South Korea as officials struggled to ease growing panic over an outbreak of the MERS virus that has infected 35 people, killed two and caused thousands to cancel travel plans.

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