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Urgent: S. Korea declares de-facto end of MERS outbreak

Xinhua, July 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday declared the de-facto end of the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), 69 days after the first patient was reported on May 20.

He made the declaration during a cabinet meeting for controlling the MERS spread. Endi