Deadly MERS Virus Spreads Anxiety In South Korea, Evokes Memories Of SARS Epidemic

Spread of MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, in South Korea has stoked fast-rising anxiety about a disease for which there is no known cure.

Nearly 1,200 Korean schools have shut down for fear of the mysterious virus spreading among vulnerable children as the number of people with the infection rose above 40, four of whom have died. Upwards of 1,500 exposed to carriers of the virus were quarantined.

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