Latest to cause a large health scare is the MERS, that has struck South Korea, which has the second highest number of infections, after Saudi Arabia. South Korea believes its MERS virus outbreak may have peaked, and experts say the next several days
And last but not least, this South Korean couple's special day has become an unexpected symbol of the country's MERS health scare, after a joke wedding photo with their guests wearing surgical face masks went viral.
A military police officer wearing a mask takes a visitor's temperature as a precaution against MERS. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade - SARS, which killed
A thermal camera monitor shows the body temperature of visitors during the Job Fairs in Seoul, South Korea. Airlines have announced "intensified sanitizing operations" and more than 1,100 schools close and 1,600 people - and 17 camels in zoos - are
Workers wearing protective gear spray antiseptic solution in a metro service coach amid rising public concerns over the spread of MERS.
A couple wearing masks as a precaution against the MERS virus as they take a "selfie" with their smartphone at Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul. The outbreak has hit the tourist industry, with more than 45,000 scheduled visitors, mostly Chinese cancelling
South Korean elementary school students wear masks as a precaution against the MERS. Almost 2,900 people have been placed under quarantine most of them in their own homes and nearly 2,200 schools have been closed across South Korea because of the