Engaging the international community during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in the Republic of Korea

• Main Authors: Minwon Lee (Author), Hoohee Nam (Author), Sun-Gyu Lee (Author), Ok Park (Author), Youngmee Jee (Author), Kidong Park (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in the Republic of Korea, which started with an imported case and spread throughout the country with a total of 186 cases, revealed the vulnerabilities of the health-care system of the country. The situation was compounded by the unique healt...