21 June 2015 (04:54 UTC-07 Tango 01)/31 Kordad 1394/04 Ramadan 1436/06 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713

Confirmed number of MERS cases in Republic of Korea (RoK) now at 169.  All are connected to hospitals or ambulance services, the latest victims are healthcare workers.  Deaths now at 25.  Almost every person that died was old and had other health problems.

RoK health administrators claim 43 people have recovered.  The number of people under healthcare quarantine has dropped to 5-thousand 7-hundred.

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry reports that the 75 years old man infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is from Oman.  They also say at least 176 people have been exposed to MERS.  94 people are under ‘observation’ while healthcare enforcers are searching for another 72 possible victims.

Thailand is using the excuse of MERS to increase security along its border with Malaysia.  Thermal screening of people crossing the checkpoints at Sadao, Padang Besar and Nathawi is underway.  Healthcare enforcement personnel say they are focusing on travelers coming back from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and South Korea.

Thailand hit! Men get sick without coming into contact with MERS victims!

U.S. soldier found dead in Korea