
National / Science & Health Jun 3, 2015
Japan beefs up measures in bid to pre-empt arrival of deadly MERS virus
by Magdalena Osumi
The central government is strengthening measures to minimize any potential impact from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) within its borders, amid an outbreak in neighboring South Korea that had claimed the lives of at least two people as of Wednesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide ...