Health workers wearing protective suits stand by the cordon of a quarantined village in Boseong, South Korea on June 11, 2015. (Photo: AFP)
South Korea reported a 10th MERS death today, as the outbreak of the potentially deadly virus forced the central bank to cut its key interest rate to ward off greater economic damage.
In what has become the largest outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outside Saudi Arabia, a 65-year-old man died today after being infected with the virus while receiving treatment for terminal lung cancer at a hospital.
Seoul also reported 14 new cases, including the first infection of a pregnant woman. The new diagnoses brought to 122 the total number of confirmed cases in South Korea, the health ministry said.
Words: AFP
