ກະຊວງສາທາລະນະສຸກຂອງ ເກົາຫຼີໃຕ້ ໄດ້ປະກາດການເສຍ ຊີວິດຂອງຄົນທີ 6 ຈາກໂຣກລະບົບຫາຍໃຈອັກເສບ ຫຼື MERS.
ຜູ້ເຄາະຮ້າຍແມ່ນຜູ້ຊາຍສະລາ 80 ປີທີ່ຖືກກວດວ່າຕິດເຊື້ອນີ້ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຖືກປິ່ນປົວໂຣກປອດບວມຢູ່, ດັ່ງທີ່ທາງກະຊວງໄດ້ກ່າວແຈ້ງໃຫ້ຊາບໃນວັນຈັນມື້ນີ້.
ມີປະຊົນຊົນ ເກົາຫຼີໃຕ້ 87 ຄົນຕິດເຊື້ອກັບໂຣກດັ່ງກ່າວ, ອີງຕາມກະຊວງສະທາລະນະສຸກ.
ເກົາຫຼີໃຕ້ ໄດ້ປິດໂຮງຮຽນເກືອບ 2000 ແຫ່ງໃນຄວາມພະຍາຍາມທີ່ຈະຢຸດຢັ້ງການແຜ່ລາມຂອງເຊື້ອໂຣກນີ້.
ລັດຖະບານເກົາຫຼີ ກ່າວວ່າ ຕົນກໍາລັງດຳເນີນການສັງເກດການຄົນໄຂ້ຫຼາຍກວ່າ 1 ຮ້ອຍຄົນທີ່ໄດ້ຖືກກັກບໍລິເວນໃນບ້ານຂອງພວກເຂົາ ເພາະວ່າພວກເຂົາອາດຈະໄດ້ສຳພັດກັບເຊື້ອໂລກດັ່ງກ່າວ. ການຕິດຕາມກວດກາຈະລວມມີການຕິດຕາມສັນຍານໂທລະສັບມືຖືຂອງຜູ້ທີ່ຖືກກັກບໍລິເວນນຳດ້ວຍ.
The South Korean Health Ministry has announced the death of a sixth person from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS.
The victim was an 80-year-old man who tested positive for the virus while being treated for pneumonia,The Ministry said Monday
Eighty-seven people in South Korea have been infected with the disease, according the Health Ministry.
South Korea has also closed down nearly 2,000 schools in an effort to stop the spread of the virus.
The government said it is also stepping up the monitoring of hundreds of undiagnosed people who are quarantined in their homes because they may have come in contact with the virus.((:15))
The government reversed its policy and on Sunday revealedthe 24 health care facilities where MERS patients have been diagnosed or treated.The revelation of the names of the facilities follows the discovery that one location had an unusually high number of MERS cases.
MERS, a coronavirus, is related to the one that infected thousands during the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.It has no cure or vaccine.MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has spread to several other countries.
