A pregnant woman who caught Mers in hospital is one of the latest people to catch the virus in a growing outbreak in South Korea. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has so far caused at least 10 deaths and infected more than 120 people. There is no known cure or vaccine for the virus and around 36 per cent of people who contract it die. Eight of the 14 new cases announced today, including the 39-year-old pregnant woman, have been linked to the same hospital in Seoul. South Korea’s health ministry said the woman’s parents had previously tested...
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