A shocking news to Anyang Citizen!
Anyang City, located around 15km away from Seoul, announced its first MERS patient on June 19. According to Anyang City, a 63-year old man who resides in Hogye-dong, Yangsan-si, was diagnosed with Mers virus yesterday and he is the latest MERS-diagnosed person, th 166th case in Korea.
The authority said that he was likely infected to MERS CoV while he was looking after his wife in the Samsung Medical Center. Currently, he is being isolated and treated in the Suwon National Medical Center.
In orderto prevent MERS spread in Anyang-si, The 24-hour Emergency System has set up under Mayor Lee, Pil-Un's lead(이필운 안양시장).
As of today, Mers-confirmed cases are 166, the dead are 24, and 5,930 number of people are under quarantine.
Original article: http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2015061904857 (Latest update: 2015-06-19-17:09)
Notice: I translated this original article in Korean to English. However, I am not a professional reporter or translator so my English article may not be accurate as much as the original Korean article is. Hope you understand this.