Civil service exam entrants get health checks

(13 Jun 2015) Amid persistent fears over the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in South Korea, health checks were carried out on Saturday as thousands of people gathered at 121 sites across Seoul to take the civil service entrance examination.
"Even though they (health workers) measure temperatures and urge us to wear masks, I know that we can be infected with MERS despite the masks," said a woman arriving to take the civil service examination in Gangseo District.
Twelve new infections were reported in South Korea on Saturday, and a 67-year-old woman became the 14th fatality, the Health Ministry reported.
Nearly 140 people in South Korea have been diagnosed with Middle East respiratory syndrome since the country reported its first case last month.
The outbreak, the largest outside Saudi Arabia, has been occurring only in hospitals, among patients, family members who visited them and medical staff treating them.
Still, it has caused widespread concern and around 2,900 schools and kindergartens remained closed on Friday.

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