10 June 2015 (04:23 UTC-07 Tango 01)/20 Kordad 1394/22 Sha’ban 1436/24 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713
U.S. military ally Republic of Korea (RoK) claims 109 people are confirmed infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. Nine people have died. It should be noted that all new cases are blamed directly on local hospitals!
As a result, dictatress, I mean presidentPark Geun-hye has cancelled her trip to the United States.
The Samsung Medical Center in Seoul has been accused of being a “super spreader” of MERS. Public health administrators urged Koreans to check if the hospital they want to use has been hit by MERS, in other words stay away from hospitals.
The following South Korean hospitals are infected with MERS: Pyeongtaek Saint Mary’s, Samsung Medical Center, Konyang University, Daecheong, Hallym and South Chungcheong Province. A total of 24 hospitals have been identified by administrators as being infected, or have treated people infected with MERS.
Korean health administrators also said all people with pneumonia symptoms will be treated as if infected with MERS, as a precaution.
MERS might have been spread to another U.S. military ally, Philippines, after two doctors (a husband and wife doctor team) from Korea, and possibly exposed to MERS, spent the weekend in the island country. The two doctors are back in RoK and have finally been put in quarantine.
Originally the husband and wife doctor team refused to obey an order to self quarantine because they weren’t showing symptoms, and they left for Philippines anyway. Local news reports say they “reacted violently” to the idea of being quarantined. But when they returned they were forced into quarantine. It turns out a patient they treated at their Korean orthopedic clinic is infected with MERS, which is why the doctors were ordered under quarantine.
China’s Macao Special Administrative Region has declared a High Alert for MERS. This means residents must wear surgical masks when entering hospitals. The Disease Prevention and Conservation Center is making preparations for two mass quarantine centers, and asked people to stop traveling to Korea.
The United States has tens of thousands of military personnel in both RoK and Philippines.
MERS as excuse to round up thousands of people!