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Rate of MERS infections in South Korea slows with one new case
Reuters
June 19, 2015, 10:18 am
Employees from a disinfection service company sanitize the interior of a theater in Seoul, South Korea, June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea confirmed on Friday one new case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), taking the total to 166 since the outbreak began in May, but the daily rate of new cases has slowed.
Health ministry figures showed that the daily infection rate of the deadly virus was the lowest since June 3.
The ministry also said a MERS patient had become the 24th person to die in the outbreak.
(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Paul Tait)
