South Korea reports 15th MERS death, seven new cases
South 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.
