2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea

Disease outbreak in South Korea hist June 2015 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea South Korea right 360 right Seoul 37 34 126 58 Pyeongtaek 36 59 32 127 06 46 Daejeon 36 21 04 127 23 06 Asan left 36 47 126 59 Hwaseong left 37 12 59 127 4 48 Busan Blue 000080 pog.svg 7 35 10 129 04 Daegu left Blue 000080 pog.svg 7 35 52 128 36 Yongin 37 14 127 12 Sokcho Blue 000080 pog.svg 7 38 12 15 128 35 31 Gyeongju Blue 000080 pog.svg 7 35 51 129 13 Sunchang Blue 000080 pog.svg 7 35 22 25 127 8 34 Jeju Blue 000080 pog.svg 7 33 30 46 126 31 24 Boryeong left Blue 000080 pog.svg 7 36 20 57 126 36 8 7px Hospital where confirmed MERS cases were exposed 7px Location where confirmed MERS cases visitedHospitals with Known MERS Exposure (June 22) 22 June 2015 Ministry of Health and Welfare http://english.mw.go.kr/front_eng/sg/ssg0111vw.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=1001&MENU_ID=100111&page=2&CONT_SEQ=323646 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150630174935/http://english.mw.go.kr/front_eng/sg/ssg0111vw.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=1001&MENU_ID=100111&page=2&CONT_SEQ=323646 30 June 2015 20 May 2015 South Korea Cases: 910 89 http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=102&cid=1018477&iid=25019413&oid=421&aid=0001468921&ptype=052 [그래픽뉴스]메르스 환자 현황 (6월14일 점심) 14 June 2015 news1korea 14 June 2015 ko An outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus occurred in South Korea from May 2015 to July 2015.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33684981 South Korea declares 'end' to Mers BBC News 28 July 2015 The virus, which causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), was a newly emerged betacoronavirus that was first identified in a patient from Saudi Arabia in April 2012. From the outbreak, a total of 910 cases were infected in the country, with a death toll of 89.https://www.who.int/csr/don/25-october-2015-mers-korea/en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151026105649/http://www.who.int/csr/don/25-october-2015-mers-korea/en/ dead October 26, 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Republic of Korea World Health Organization en-GB 1 December 2016 Outbreak South Korea reported its first MERS case on 20 May 2015. A 68-year-old man returning from the Middle East was diagnosed with MERS nine days after he initially sought medical help. The following table shows the daily statistics on the number of infected persons since 20 May 2015, based on the official report of the Central MERS Management Task Force, Ministry of Health and Welfare at the beginning of each day.메르스 확진자 총 150명, 현재 120명 치료 중 15 June 2015 Ministry of Health and Welfare http://www.mw.go.kr/front_new/al/sal0301vw.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=04&MENU_ID=0403&page=1&CONT_SEQ=323404&SEARCHKEY=CONTENT&SEARCHVALUE=%B8%DE%B8%A3%BD%BA Date Casesnote1 *1note2 *2 Deathsnote2 *2 20 May 2015 2 0 21 May 2015 3 0 26 May 2015 5 0 27 May 2015 5 0 28 May 2015 7 0 29 May 2015 13 0 30 May 2015 15 0 31 May 2015 18 0 1 June 2015 25 1 2 June 2015 30 1 3 June 2015 30 3 4 June 2015 36 4 5 June 2015 42 5 6 June 2015 64 5 7 June 2015 87 5 8 June 2015 95 7 9 June 2015 108 7 10 June 2015 122 9 11 June 2015 126 10 12 June 2015 138 13 13 June 2015 145 14 14 June 2015 150 16 15 June 2015 154 19 16 June 2015 162 19 17 June 2015 165 23 18 June 2015 166 24 19 June 2015 166 24 20 June 2015 169 25 21 June 2015 172 27 22 June 2015 175 27 23 June 2015 179 27 24 June 2015 180 29 25 June 2015 181 31 26 June 2015 182 31 27 June 2015 182 32 28 June 2015 182 32 29 June 2015 182 33 30 June 2015 182 33 1 July 2015 183 33 2 July 2015 184 33 3 July 2015 185 33 4 July 2015 186 33 5 July 2015 186 33 6 July 2015 186 33 7 July 2015 186 35 8 July 2015 186 35 9 July 2015 186 35 10 July 2015 186 36 11 July 2015 186 36 12 July 2015 186 36 13 July 2015 186 36 14 July 2015 186 36 15 July 2015 186 36 16 July 2015 186 36 17 July 2015 186 36 18 July 2015 186 36 19 July 2015 186 36 20 July 2015 186 36 21 July 2015 186 36 22 July 2015 186 36 23 July 2015 186 36 24 July 2015 186 36 25 July 2015 186 36 26 July 2015 186 36 27 July 2015 186 36 28 July 2015 ~ 24 October 2015 186 36 25 October 2015 186 37 26 October 2015 ~ 24 November 2015 186 37 25 November 2015 186 38 26 November 2015 ~ 28 September 2016 186 38 note1 *1 Includes a case reported in ChinaMiddle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) World Health Organization http://www.wpro.who.int/outbreaks_emergencies/summary.of.MERS.stats/en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150614030057/http://www.wpro.who.int/outbreaks_emergencies/summary.of.MERS.stats/en/ dead June 14, 2015 note2 *2 Parentheses indicate interim value Main transmission route and event timeline thumb | MERS-CoV, 2015, South Korea 10.1136/bmj.h3403 26108610 Why the panic? South Korea's MERS response questioned BMJ 350 h3403 2015 Jack A 38833740 Key (see also within diagram): 2 H 10 hospital / clinic 2 HCW 4 health care worker 2 circled number 2 patient case number 2 Dates are dates of diagnosis Government reaction The Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare initially withheld details from the public,http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150602001071 Korea mulling disclosure of MERS-affected hospitals 2 June 2015 28 September 2016 as identifying the medical institution treating a MERS patient might cause unnecessary anxiety to its other patients. This policy lacked public acceptance,http://media.daum.net/society/newsview?newsid=20150602165112243 메르스 발생 병원, 공개 안하겠다는 정부..국민들은 반발 Daum News 28 September 2016 and was heavily criticized as preventing the Ministry from properly notifying hospitals and municipal governments. On 3 June, it was found that the Ministry had not notified the Incheon municipal government of the transfer of an infected patient to its local medical institution.http://www.joongboo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=993292 정부, 메르스 환자 인천으로 은밀히 이송...市 '깜깜' 당혹 3 June 2015 28 September 2016 The following day the Seoul municipal government announced that it had learned by chance, through an official attending a meeting, that a hospital doctor, who began to show symptoms on 29 May and tested positive on 1 June, had been moving freely within the city and had attended a gathering of 1,565 people in Gaepo-dong on 30 May.<ref name =SeoulMayor >http://english.seoul.go.kr/will-take-care-even-small-details-head-anti-mers-mers-headquarters/?cat=928 [2015] Mayor's Speech As Head of the Anti-MERS MERS Headquarters, I will Address even the Smallest Problems 4 June 2015 </ref> The municipal government obtained a list of the 1,565; the Ministry proposed to undertake "passive surveillance"; the municipal government rejected this as "lukewarm" and intervened directly: initially by contacting those listed. On 7 June, after 2,361 people were isolated, 64 patients were confirmed infected and 5 had died,http://dj.kbs.co.kr/resources/2015-06-08/ [KBS뉴스] 메르스 감염 실태, 한눈에 보기 dj.kbs.co.kr 28 September 2016 the central government finally disclosed the names of MERS-exposed medical institutions.http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150607000157 S. Korea identifies 24 MERS-affected hospitals 7 June 2015 28 September 2016 Hospitals On 7 June 2015, the South Korean government released the names of 24 MERS-affected hospitals to the public. These hospitals include the Pyeongtaek St. Mary's (SeongMo) Hospital (평택성모병원) and the Seoul Samsung Hospital (삼성서울병원), an affiliate of Samsung Medical Center. + Hospitals where confirmed MERS cases were exposed, as of 12 July 2015, 11:00Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) World Health Organization http://www.wpro.who.int/outbreaks_emergencies/list_of_health_facilities/en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150620051101/http://www.wpro.who.int/outbreaks_emergencies/list_of_health_facilities/en/ dead June 20, 2015HospitalKorean nameCity/ProvinceNo. of casesSamsung Medical Center삼성서울병원Gangnam-gu/ Seoul 90 Pyeongtaek St. Mary's Hospital평택성모병원 Pyeongtaek/ Gyeonggi Province 37 Dae Cheong Hospital대청병원Seo-gu/ Daejeon 14 KonYang University Hospital건양대학교병원 Seo-gu/ Daejeon 11Hallym University Medical Centre한림대학교동탄성심병원 Hwaseong/ Gyeonggi Province6Gangdong Gyeonghee University Hospital 강동경희대학교의대병원 Gangdong-gu/ Seoul5Gunguk University Hospital건국대병원 Gwangjin-gu/ Seoul4Pyeongtaek Good Morning Hospital평택굿모닝병원 Pyeongtaek/ Gyeonggi Province4 Asan Seoul Clinic아산서울의원Asan / Chungnam Province1Yangji Samsung Medical Center양지 서울삼성의원 Yongin/ Gyeonggi Province1 365 Yeol Lin Clinic365 열린의원 Gangdong-gu/ Seoul 1Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital가톨릭대학교 여의도성모병원 Yeongdeungpo-gu/ Seoul1Asan Medical Center서울아산병원 Songpa-gu/ Seoul 1Good gang-an Hospital좋은강안병원 Suyeong-gu/ Busan1Dr. Song Clinic송태의 내과 Songpa-gu/ Seoul 1Others (outside hospitals, under investigation) 7Total 186 Related incidents A 44-year-old South Korean man travelled to Huizhou, China via Hong Kong,<ref name =ReutersBeijingHK >https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-mers-southkorea-china-idUSKBN0OE0SK20150529 China's first confirmed MERS case arrived from Korea via Hong Kong 29 May 2015 9 June 2015</ref> on business, on 26 May, contrary to a doctor's advice and in breach of a self-quarantine order from the government: his father and elder sister were both confirmed infected by MERS.<ref name =AppleHK >zh-hk http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/first/20150529/19164711 疑中招韓男隱瞞病歷經港往惠州新沙士殺到 蘋果日報 29 May 2015 9 June 2015 10 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150610091031/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/first/20150529/19164711 dead</ref> He was later found to have a fever,<ref name =AppleHK /> and was subsequently confirmed infected.<ref name =ReutersBeijingHK /> He was suspected of dishonestly failing to disclose to Hong Kong border quarantine officers that he had visited his father in hospital on 16 May for nearly 4 hours.<ref name =AppleHK /> On 30 May 2015, a website said that a driver in Huizhou who transported a South Korean male MERS patient was suspected to be infected but later the government clarified that this was a rumor.zh-hans http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2015-05-30/190831895144.shtml 广东惠州接MERS患者司机疑被传染 官方辟谣 30 May 2015 China Central Television 1 June 2015 A Chinese fugitive who stayed in South Korea for 3 years turned himself in as he was afraid of the outbreak. He arrived at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport on 4 June.zh-hans http://www.china.com.cn/news/world/2015-06/05/content_35750580.htm 一外逃韩国经济犯担心染上MERS 权衡利弊回国自首 5 June 2015 北青网 5 June 2015 On 8 June 2015, a South Korean couple who did not follow the self-quarantine notice were found to have visited the Philippines on 6 June. They had visited the respective clinics in Sunchang County where a 72-year-old woman was confirmed positive for MERS after having visited the clinic for lumbago treatment. The couple said that they only knew that the 72-year-old woman was a MERS-positive patient only after reading the news.http://www.mb.com.ph/s-korean-couple-under-mers-suspicion-visit-ph/#Ykf7DAVgVPRS43ls.99 S. Korean couple under MERS suspicion visit PH 8 June 2015 Manila Bulletin 9 June 2015 On 9 June 2015, two Hong Kong students from City University of Hong Kong doing a three-month exchange program in Sungkyunkwan University were ordered by a professor to get out of the classroom as they refused to remove their protective masks. The professor also said that they were too sensitive to the outbreak because of the history of SARS in Hong Kong in 2003. Sungkyunkwan University replied that some professors saw wearing masks as impolite and said if students insist on wearing masks, they might be refused to give presentations in class and may be unable to graduate due to this. Affected students said this reflected that the South Korean public was not attentive to the threat of the MERS outbreak.http://news.tvb.com/local/5575af7d6db28c594d000003/?lang=cht 本月餘下南韓團或取消 交流生批韓缺防疫意識 8 June 2015 9 June 2015 TVB dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150610130658/http://news.tvb.com/local/5575af7d6db28c594d000003/?lang=cht 10 June 2015 On 25 June, a South Korean man who had been treated at a Chinese hospital after being diagnosed with the MERS virus in late May, was released from the hospital and returned to South Korea.S. Korean MERS patient in China recovered, released from hospital Yonhap News Agency 26 June 2015 Yonhap News Agency http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/06/26/0200000000AEN20150626003900315.html Effects Education The following table shows the number of schools that temporarily closed due to the outbreak: Date Number of schools closed 2 June 2015 84 http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/NewsView.do?SEARCH_NEWS_CODE=3087160&ref=A '메르스 불안' 전국 학교 휴업 100곳 육박 KBS 2 June 2015 2 June 2015 3 June 2015 214 http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20150603000401&md=20150603104239_BL [메르스 쇼크]전국 214개교 휴교 또는 휴업…"학생 감염 막기위해 적극적 방역" 헤럴드경제 신상윤 3 June 2015 3 June 2015 4 June 2015 1,162 http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201506050008445&code=940601&nv=stand 메르스 방역, 서울이 뚫렸다… 감염 확진 서울 의사, 시민 1500여명과 접촉 Kyunghyang Shinmun 최희진 박성진 김보미 5 June 2015 5 June 2015 5 June 2015 1,317 http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=102&cid=1018477&iid=2973457&oid=421&aid=0001454984&ptype=052 전국 1317개교 '메르스 휴업'…서울 99개교 뉴스원 박정양 5 June 2015 5 June 2015 7 June 2015 1,381 (7 in Gyeonggi Province) http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=102&cid=1018477&iid=2987164&oid=014&aid=0003442653&ptype=052 서울·경기 1381개 유치원·학교 강제 휴업명령 파이넨셜뉴스 김병덕 7 June 2015 7 June 2015 8 June 2015 1,970 http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=102&cid=1018477&iid=2994389&oid=001&aid=0007646668&ptype=052 메르스 휴업 유치원·학교 1천970곳…전국 10곳 중 1곳 Yonhap News Agency 노재현 8 June 2015 8 June 2015 9 June 2015 2,208 http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=102&cid=1018477&iid=2994389&oid=001&aid=0007646668&ptype=052 전국 2208개 학교 '메르스 휴업'…오후 확산세 '주춤' 뉴스원 박정양 9 June 2015 9 June 2015 15 June 2015 475 http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2015/06/15/0200000000AKR20150615173800004.HTML 교육부 "메르스 휴업 유치원·학교 475곳" Yonhap News Agency 노재현 15 June 2015 15 June 2015 Economy On 11 June 2015, South Korea's central bank the interest rate from 1.75% to 1.5% to soften the financial impact of the outbreakhttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-33089930 S Korea cuts interest rates to record low amid Mers concerns BBC News 29 June 2015 South Korea's department store sales decreased by 16.5% compared to the same period last year, and retail shops also decreased 3.4%, according to the Minister of Strategy and Finance, as of 17 June 2015.https://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/15/asia/south-korea-mers-outbreak South Korea MERS death toll at 20; 8 more cases diagnosed CNN International 17 June 2015 17 June 2015 As of 17 June 2015, 100,000 tourist visits to the nation had been cancelled. Testing infrastructure COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea After the outbreak, South Korea developed a system to rapidly expand testing capabilities during future disease outbreaks. This has been credited as a reason for South Korea's widespread testing and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Virus Testing Blitz Appears to Keep Korea Death Rate Low https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-04/south-korea-tests-hundreds-of-thousands-to-fight-virus-outbreak Bloomberg.com 21 March 2020 en 4 March 2020 See also South Korea foot-and-mouth outbreak References 30em http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/06/08/0200000000AEN20150608001151320.html S. Korea reports 23 new cases of MERS, bringing total to 87 Yonhap News Agency 8 June 2015 8 June 2015 https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-korea-mers-outbreak-began-with-a-cough-1433755555 South Korea MERS Outbreak Began With a Cough The Wall Street Journal 8 June 2015 12 June 2015 http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/06/07/30/0301000000AEN20150607001051315F.html S. Korea identifies 24 MERS-affected hospitals Yonhap News Agency 8 June 2015 8 June 2015 http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/06/07/2015060700591.html ko:정부, 메르스 환자 발생·경유 병원 24곳 공개 ko The Chosun Ilbo 7 June 2015 8 June 2015 http://www.moneyweek.co.kr/news/mwView.php?no=2015060808388099299 ko:메르스 병원 '24곳' 명단 공개… 경유병원만 '18곳' ko www.moneyweek.co.kr 8 June 2015 8 June 2015 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zCiT14TZHkVo.kAE3lhF-ZIww&hl=en_US MERS-Affected Hospitals www.google.com 8 June 2015 8 June 2015 http://www.mw.go.kr/front_new/al/sal0301ls.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=04&MENU_ID=0403&SEARCHKEY=CONTENT&SEARCHVALUE=%B8%DE%B8%A3%BD%BA ko:알림> 보도자료 목록 - '메르스' 검색결과 ko Press release - Search result 'MERS' Ministry of Health and Welfare 9 June 2015 External links MERS.go.kr, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MERS Propagation Path, infographics by KBS News (in Korean). 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