Better Understanding on MERS Corona Virus Outbreak in Korea

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In June 2012, the first human with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was found in Saudi Arabia. The one was a 60-year old man. He visited a hospital due to pneumonia; it was later found out that renal failure developed (1). He eventually died due to his illnesses. From 1 June 2015, 1,154 patients were infected with the virus; 431 patients died (WHO to spread from animals to humans like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coro-navirus (SARS-CoV). It was from a similar coronavirus with respiratory infection syndromes and it is highly transmitted. Additionally , since the virus is related to a high rate of fatality, it has become a big issue for public health doctors and officials over the world. The latency period of MERS-CoV is known to be between 2 to 14 days (median 5.4 days). From the development of the disease to the patient`s admission, it takes 4 days and the period that people die from the disease takes 11.5 days (2). In the first stage, flu like symptoms such as fever, coughing, chilling, myal-gia, and arthralgia are observed. After this, respiratory difficulty is added. This quickly progresses to pneumonia (3). A part (30%) of the patients complain of bowel symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea (1). Cases of MERS-CoV can be found in countries like whose citizens have travelled to the Middle East. On May 20 2015, a man at the age of 68 was the first to be diagnosed with MERS-Cov in Korea. He travelled to Bahrain, Sau-di Arabia, and Qatar for 16 days. On May 4 2015, this patient entered in Korea, and febrile sense and respiratory symptoms appeared on May 11. He visited Clinic A on the day and was admitted to Hospital B from May 15 to 17. Since the symptoms got worsened, he visited Clinic C on May 18, and finally he was transferred to a university hospital in Seoul on May 18. On May 20, it was confirmed that he was suffering from MERS-CoV. After finding out about the disease, his family members and medical staffs who had been exposed to the virus were isolated. By June 9, 2015, 2 medical staffs in the Clinic A and C, one medical staff in the Hospital B, one patient and her wife who was together …