Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Monitoring Board Updated on 2015 July 21 (AM 09:00)  5 Under Quarantine 186 Confirmed Case 36 Dead 16,688 Finished Quarantine  136 Discharged Datamap for MERS Spread  Update: 2015 July 21 It decribes MERS-diagnosed patients' moving routes and MERS outbreaked facilities. MERS Reporting Websites in South Korea These are some useful websites that show statistics on MERS, patient profiles, and interactive datamaps. They are all in Korean though. If you have any question while reading any of them, comment on this posting. I will answer to your comment as far as I know. Thanks! Health and Medical Industry Labor Union(보건의료노조): http://bogun.nodong.org/xe/index.php?mid=khmwu_5_7&document_srl=334372 Seoul City MERS Visualdive (서울시 메르스 상황판): http://issue.visualdive.co.kr/mers/ KBS MERS infection information (kbs 메르스 감염 현황): http://dj.kbs.co.kr/resources/2015-06-08/ MERS Center (메르스 센터): http://mers.center/ Merscorona.com (메르스 코로나 닷컴): http://merscorona.com/ Korean Government MERS Portal Site (정부 메르스 포털): http://www.mers.go.kr/ *Source for map & MERS monitoring board: The Central MERS-CoV Control Office of the Ministry of Health and Welfare

July 21th, 36 Dead in total, Death rate 19.4% (Keep updated) Case 6 (71 years old, Male, COPD, Post-nephrectomy, June 2) Case 25 (57 years old, Female, Asthma, Hypertension, Cushing's syndrome, June 2) Case 36 (82 years old, Male, Asthma, Hypertension, June 3) Case 3 (76 years old, Male, Cholangioma, Asthma, COPD etc, June 4) Case 64 (75 years old, Male, End stage of gastric cancer, June 5) Case 84 (80 years old, Male, Pneumonia, June 8) Case 47 (68 years old, Female, Valvular disease, June 9) Case 90 (62 years old, Male, Cirrhosis, Liver cancer, June 10) Case 76 (75 years old, Female, Multiple myeloma, June 10) Case 83 (65 years old, Male, Lung cancer, June 11) Case 51 (72 years old, Female, Pneumonia, Acute renal failure, June 12) Case 23 (73 years old, Male, Asthma, COPD, June 12 ) Case 24 (78 years old, Male, Asthma, Hypertension, June 12) Case 118 (67 years old, Female, Hyperthyroidism, Hypertension, June 13) Case 81 (61 years old, Male, no underlying disease but cause of death was pneumonia, June 14, *The first MERS diagnosed patient in Busan) Case 28 (58 years old, Male, Diabetes, June 14) Case 38 (49 years old, Male, June 16, Admitted to Daejeon Daecheong Hospital and shared a room with Case 16) Case 98 (58 yeasr old, Male, June 16, Admitted to Samsung Medical Center ER) Case 123 (65 years old, Male, June 16, Admitted to Samsung Medical Centar ER) Case 42 (54 years old, Female, Hypertension, Bronchiectasis, June 17) Case 31 (69 years old, Male, Hypertension, Tuberculosis, June 17) Case 77 (64 years old, Male, Hypertension, Asthma, Nec,rotiz,ing panc,reatitis, June 18) Case 82 (83 years old, Female, Hypertension, Pneumonia, June 18) Case 120 (75 years old, Male, no underlying diseases but the authority insisted that his age matters., June 19) Case 112 (63 years old, Male, Myocardial ischemia, Diabetes, June 21) Case 101 (84 years old, Male, Cancer, June 21) Case 128 (87 years old, Male, Atrial fibrillation, heart failure, cancer, stroke, June 22) Case 45 (65 years old, Male, no underlying diseases, June 24) Case 173 (70 years old, Female, no underlying disease, June 24) Case 87 (79 years old, Female, Diabetes, Cerebral infarction, June 26 ) Case 140 (80 years old, Female, Bladder cancer, June 26, She was the sister of case 154, the first Mers patient in Daegu) Case 104 (55 years old, Male, no underlying disease, June 27, Admitted to Samsung Medical Center ER and contaminated by Case 14) Case 50 (81 years old, Femle, Hypertension, Cerebral infarction, Valvular heart disease, June 29) Case 177 (50 years old, Female, Tuberculosis, July 7, she was admitted to the Samsung Medical Center ER between My 27~29.) Case 133 (70 years old, Male, no underlying disese, July 8, He was an ambulance driver who transferred Patient Case 76 (dead June 10) ) Case 157 (60 years old, Male, Lung cancer, July 10, He'd been admitted to SMC Emergency Room.) *RIP ▶◀ *Original source: http://bogun.nodong.org/xe/index.php?mid=khmwu_5_7&document_srl=334372 (Sorry but it is writen in Korean :( )

1.  Definition & Symptoms: MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus) is part of a species of viruses called coronaviruses, including SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and the common cold. The virus can incubate in a body from 5 days to 14 days before showing symptoms. In the initial stage, symptoms begin with fever, chills, and diarrhea, and can progress to pneumonia and kidney failure. 2. Since the initial MERS outbreak in S.Korea, MERS has not yet spread through communities but only through hospitals where the first infected patiented stayed.  3. The death by MERS had two things in common; they had been suffering from low immune functions by their long-term chronic diseases. Also, they were the aged. The Dead Cases by MERS in South Korea 2015 (Age, Gender, Basal diseases, Date of Death) June 12th, 11 Dead in total (Keep updated) 4. Prevention: There are two simple rules that all can follow in every occasion. For every person, wash and wash your hands with soap more than 20 minutes! There are 6 steps how to wash your hands professionally but very easy to follow. When you are about to sneeze or cough, please cover your nose and mouth. 5. Please let the medical staffs know that you've been to middle east region.