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Mers virus cuts into S Korea growth
2015-07-23 05:16:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
South Korea's economic growth is hit sharply by the Mers outbreak and continued weak exports.
First-ever possible treatments for MERS
2015-06-30 21:31:11| Biotech - Topix.net
As the South Korean epidemic of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome continues unabated, researchers have raced to find treatments for the deadly virus, which has killed more than 400 people since it was first discovered three years ago in Saudi Arabia. Now, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., have discovered and validated two therapeutics that show early promise in preventing and treating the disease, which can cause severe respiratory symptoms, and has a death rate of 40 percent.
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VIDEO: Samsung chief apologises over Mers
2015-06-23 11:09:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The vice chairman of the Samsung group accepts responsibility and apologises over an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) at one of the company's medical centres.
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Samsung Group scion bows in apology for MERS outbreak
2015-06-23 07:34:44| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The heir-apparent of South Korea's massive Samsung Group apologized in a nationally televised address on Tuesday for failing to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at a Seoul hospital run by a group foundation. Policemen wearing masks to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome stand guard in front of Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, June 22, 2015.
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Samsung Group scion bows in apology for Mers outbreak
2015-06-23 07:34:43| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The heir-apparent of South Korea's massive Samsung Group apologised in a nationally televised address on Tuesday for failing to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at a Seoul hospital run by a group foundation. About half of the 175 Mers cases in South Korea have been traced to Samsung Medical Centre, tarnishing the image of one of the country's most prestigious hospitals.
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