ເກົາຫຼີໃຕ້ ໄດ້ລາຍງານການເສຍຊີວິດຄົນທີ 16 ແລະ ຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອໃໝ່ອີກ 5 ຄົນ ຍ້ອນໂຣກລະບາດລະບົບຫາຍໃຈອັກເສບຮ້າຍແຮງຈາກ ພາກຕາເວັນອອກກາງ ຫຼື MERS.
ກະຊວງສາທາລະນະສຸກ ໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ ຕົວເລກທັງໝົດຂອງກໍລະນີ ລວມມີ ການເສຍຊີວິດ 16 ຄົນ, ມີຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນເປັນ 150 ຄົນ ພ້ອມກັບ 17 ຄົນໃນອາການທີ່ບໍ່ໝັ້ນຄົງ.
ທ່ານ Jeong Eun-kyeong ຫົວໜ້າສູນຄວບຄຸມ ແລະປ້ອງກັນພະ ຍາດໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ, “ມີຄົນໄຂ້ທີ່ຕິດເຊື້ອທັງໝົດ 150 ຄົນ, ມີ 120 ຄົນທີ່ກຳລັງຖືກປິ່ນປົວຢູ່, 14 ຄົນ ຖືກປ່ອຍກັບບ້ານ ແລະ 16 ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດ. ປຽບທຽບໃສວັນອາທິດວານນີ້, ມີກໍລະນີໃໝ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນອີກ 5 ກໍລະນີ, ຄົນໄຂ້ 4 ຄົນໄດ້ຖືກປ່ອຍກັບບ້ານ ແລະ 2 ຄົນເສຍຊີວິດ. ຄົນໄຂ້ 103 ຄົນ ຫຼື 86 ເປີເຊັນ ແມ່ນຢູ່ໃນອາການໝັ້ນ ຄົງ,ອີກ 17 ຄົນແມ່ນບໍ່ໝັ້ນຄົງ.”
ມາຮອດເວລານີ້ການຕິດເຊື້ອທຸກໆກໍລະນີແມ່ນເກີດຂຶ້ນຢູ່ໃນສະຖານທີ່ບໍລິການດ້ານການແພດ ແລະ ຜູ້ທີ່ເສຍຊີວິດ ໄດ້ມີບັນຫາທາງດ້ານສຸຂະພາບມາກ່ອນແລ້ວ, ເຊັ່ນພະຍາດເບົາຫວານ.
ໂຮງໝໍໜຶ່ງທີ່ໃຫຍ່ທີ່ສຸດ ແລະ ກໍມີຊື່ສຽງທີ່ສຸດໃນນະຄອນຫຼວງ ໂຊລ ຂອງ ເກົາຫຼີໃຕ້, ບາງສ່ວນແມ່ນໄດ້ຖືກລະງັບການປະຕິບັດການໃນວັນຈັນມື້ນີ້ ຫຼັງຈາກປະກົດມີເຊື້ອໄວຣັສຮ້າຍແຮງດັ່ງກ່າວ ຢູ່ໃນສະຖານທີ່ ແຫ່ງນັ້ນ.
ປະທານໂຮງໝໍ Samsung ທ່ານ Song Jae-hoon ໄດ້ກ່າວບອກຕໍ່ກອງປະຊຸມຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວ ທາງໂທລະພາບ ໃນວັນອາທິດວານນີ້ວ່າ ໂຮງໝໍຈະລະງັບການຜ່າຕັດທີ່ບໍ່ສຸກເສີນ ແລະ ຈະບໍ່ຮັບເອົາຄົນເຈັບໃໝ່. ທ່ານໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ ຜູ້ຢ້ຽມຢາມແມ່ນຈະບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ເຂົ້າມາໃນໂຮງໝໍ, ແລະ ກ່າວວ່າເພີ່ມເຕີມວ່າ ທ່ານຈະຕັດສິນໃຈອີກເທື່ອໜຶ່ງໃນວັນທີ 24 ມິຖຸນານີ້ວ່າ ຈະສືບຕໍ່ການລະງັບການປະຕິບັດງານ ຊົ່ວຄາວຕໍ່ໄປຫລືບໍ່.
ທີມຜູ້້ຊ່ຽວຊານ ຂອງອົງການອະນາໄມໂລກ ໄດ້ກ່າວໃນວັນອາທິດວານນີ້ວ່າ ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າຕົວເລກການຕິດພະຍາດ MERS ຈະຫຼຸດລົງ, ແຕ່ການແຜ່ລະບາດແມ່ນ “ໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງ ແລະ ຊັບຊ້ອນ” ແລະ ຄາດຫວັງວ່າຈະມີຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອອີກຫຼາຍກໍລະນີ.
South Korea reported its 16th death Monday and five new infections in the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - MERS.
The Health Ministry said the total number of cases, including the 16 deaths, rose to 150, with 17 patients in unstable condition.
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"There are 150 confirmed patients. 120 are currently being treated, 14 have been discharged, and 16 have died. Compared to yesterday (Sunday), there are five new cases, four discharged patients, and two deaths. 103 patients (86%) are in a stable condition, 17 are unstable."
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So far all of the infections have occurred in medical facilities and those who have died have had pre-existing health conditions, such as diabetes.
One of South Korea's largest, most prestigious hospitals in the capital, Seoul, partially suspended operations on Monday after the deadly virus took foothold in the facility.
Samsung Hospital president Song Jae-hoon told a televised news conference on Sunday that the hospital would suspend all non-emergency surgeries and not accept new patients.He said no visitors will be allowed, and added that he would decide on June 24 whether to continue the suspension.
A team of World Health Organization experts said on Saturday that although the number of MERS infections was declining, the outbreak was "large and complex" and more cases should be expected.
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Thousands thought to have come into contact with infected individuals have been placed under quarantine.
Meanwhile, Reuters news agency reports that thousands of schools that had been closed by concern about MERS reopened Monday.
The outbreak has prompted President Park Geun-hye to postpone this week's planned visit to the United States.
Fears over the virus have also spread to other parts of Asia, including Hong Kong, which last week issued a "red alert" advising against non-essential travel to South Korea.
Public alarm has been widespread, in part because of false online rumors and also because MERS symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath - all of which are typically associated with non-serious illnesses such as the common cold.
There is no vaccine or cure for MERS, which has a fatality rate of around 35 percent, according to the World Health Organization.
The coronavirus is related to the one that infected thousands during the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS. MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has spread to several other countries.
