Another person dies of MERS in South Korea Republic

Another person has died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea, bringing the total number of deaths to 5. Click here to read all about MERS. Sixty-four people have been infected by the virus since it was first reported in South Korea on

20 May. Hundreds of schools have closed and hundreds of people quarantined. The virus has no vaccine or cure, health experts say it spreads through close contact with infected people and not through the air.