The respiratory infection known as MERS has parts of South Korea verging on paralysis. One village, Jangduk, 280 kilometres south of the capital Seoul, has been under quarantine for a week — with sentries and roadblocks — after an elderly widow returned from a hospital for unrelated treatment but then tested positive. Now Koreans are even afraid to go to hospital.
The Samsung Medical Centre where most of Korea’s MERS cases are being monitored has seen a 40 percent decline in patients, and many appointment cancellations.
Public transport in Seoul has a fraction of its usual commuter load. The subway normally carries some 4.5 million passengers per day. The company said that fell to two million on Sunday.
Official Kim Kwang-Heum went further: “After MERS hit, the number declined to 10 percent, which is 450,000 per day. We usually fumigate trains once a week, but Seoul Metro has started doing that every day, to prevent the spread of MERS and protect passengers.”
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The Samsung Medical Centre where most of Korea’s MERS cases are being monitored has seen a 40 percent decline in patients, and many appointment cancellations.
Public transport in Seoul has a fraction of its usual commuter load. The subway normally carries some 4.5 million passengers per day. The company said that fell to two million on Sunday.
Official Kim Kwang-Heum went further: “After MERS hit, the number declined to 10 percent, which is 450,000 per day. We usually fumigate trains once a week, but Seoul Metro has started doing that every day, to prevent the spread of MERS and protect passengers.”
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