MERS SCARE  SEOUL: A woman wearing a facemask walks through a subway station in Seoul on June 2, 2015. South Korea’s health ministry confirmed that two people have died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the country’s first fatalities from the virus. AFP PHOTO
MERS SCARE
SEOUL: A woman wearing a facemask walks through a subway station in Seoul on June 2, 2015. South Korea’s health ministry confirmed that two people have died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the country’s first fatalities from the virus. AFP PHOTO

SEOUL: South Korea on Tuesday reported its first deaths from MERS, in the largest outbreak outside the Middle East that has infected 25 people and triggered widespread public alarm.

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