MERS CoV a "wake-up call", says WHO
(AGI) Geneva, June 17 - The outbreak of Middle East RespiratorySyndrome Coronovirus (MERS-CoV) in South Korea is a "wake-upcall", World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General KeijiFukuda told a press conference after a meeting of its emergencycommittee. A WHO statement issued on Wednesday pointed todelays and mistakes in South Korea's response to thecoronovirus epidemic, the most extensive apart from SaudiArabia, and illustrated concerns about the authorities'abilities to contain the outbreak. It had taken everybody inSouth Korea by surprise, and this had contributed to a delayedresponse, Ms Fukada said. All countries should remain