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SEOUL, South Korea (AP, 19 Jun) — The head of the World Health Organization has praised beleaguered South Korean officials and exhausted health workers, saying their efforts to contain a deadly MERS virus outbreak have put the country on good footing and lowered the public risk. Margaret Chan said it's a good sign the disease... 

Air rifles and other seized items are displayed for the press at the police headquarters in Hong Kong on June 15, 2015. China warned Tuesday against "radical forces" in Hong Kong after police arrested 10 people on suspicion of making explosives ahead of a vote on a controversial political reform package. Police said one suspect... 

(CNN, 19 Jun) - Thailand has confirmed its first case of MERS, representing a further spread of the deadly respiratory disease from the Middle East to eastern Asia, Thai Public Health Minister Rajata Rajatanavin said Thursday. A man was diagnosed with MERS after he traveled to Thailand from a Middle Eastern country on June 15,...