S. Korea reports 16th MERS death and five new cases

A health worker checks the body heat of children wearing face masks at an elementary school in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on June 15, 2015South Korea on Monday reported the 16th death in an expanding MERS outbreak and announced financial aid to the tourism industry, warning earnings could be slashed by up to $2.3 billion as thousands cancel travel plans. Seoul also declared five new patients — bringing the total number of cases including the deaths to 150 — with fears growing over the impact of the crisis on Asia's fourth-largest economy. Vice tourism minister Kim Chong said more than 100,000 foreign travellers — mostly from China — have already cancelled trips to South Korea since the beginning of June and more are expected to follow suit.

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South Korea reports 15th MERS death, seven new cases

An official checks the body heat of South Korean workers arriving from North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Complex, at the customs gate of the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, on June 13, 2015South Korea on Sunday reported its 15th death from the MERS virus as the growing outbreak that has infected 145 forced one of the nation's biggest hospitals to suspend most services. Separately, a paramedic who helped transport a MERS patient to the hospital on June 7 was infected. One of the other new patients was infected in the central city of Daejeon and another in Hwaseong, about 43 kilometres (27 miles) south of Seoul.

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