South Korean MERS Patient Believed To Be Cured Of Virus Rediagnosed, Health Officials Say

Agence France-Presse: Last South Korea MERS patient rediagnosed with virus
“A South Korean man believed cured of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been rediagnosed with the deadly virus, health officials said on Tuesday. The diagnosis deals a blow to Seoul’s hopes of being declared free of a disease that has infected 186 people in South Korea, killing 36 of them, since its outbreak in May…” (10/13).

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