Resize Text Print Arti South Korea battles MERS View Photos The country has taken emergency measures to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. It began with a single coughing man. A South Korean businessman had just returned from a trip to the Middle East when he started to feel ill. Feverish and wheezing, he made his way to one hospital, then another, then a third, then a fourth. By the time doctors figured out what was ailing him — a rare disease called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) — the man had left a trail of the virus across the country. On Friday a 72-year-old patient died from the illness, the 11th death reported in less than a month. But the spread of the disease, which has infected 126 people since the outbreak began last month, seems to have leveled off, and South Korean public health officials are urging calm. Still, across the country Koreans remain wary...
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