Two major hospitals in South Korea’s capital suspended services to patients on Wednesday in a bid to stop the spread of MERS after four new cases of the deadly virus were reported.
Out of 179 people confirmed to have caught MERS, five were infected through unknown transmission routes outside hospitals, which have until now been at the epicentre of the outbreak, the ministry said.
A total of 27 people have died in South Korea’s MERS outbreak — the largest outside Saudi Arabia — while about 3,100 people were being held under quarantine at state facilities or at home.
Seoul Hospitals Suspend Services as MERS Outbreak Spreads
