2015 South Korea MERS outbreak

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2015_South_Korea_MERS_outbreak
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:COVID-19
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Middle_East_respiratory_syndrome_(MERS)
gptkbp:endDate December 2015
gptkbp:firstReported May 20, 2015
gptkbp:governmentResponse quarantine measures
school closures
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2015 South Korea MERS outbreak
gptkbp:impact decline in tourism
economic downturn
gptkbp:indexCaseOrigin gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkbp:largestMERSOutbreakOutsideMiddleEast true
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Korea
gptkbp:mediaCoverage widespread
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Samsung_Medical_Center
Pyeongtaek St. Mary’s Hospital
gptkbp:notablePerson first patient: 68-year-old man
gptkbp:numberOfCases 186
gptkbp:numberOfQuarantined over 16,000
gptkbp:publicHealthLessons improved infection control
need for transparency
gptkbp:startDate May 2015
gptkbp:transmission human-to-human
gptkbp:transmissionSetting healthcare facilities
gptkbp:victim 38
gptkbp:virus gptkb:MERS-CoV
gptkbp:WHOResponse sent emergency team
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MERS_outbreak
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6