Japanese health officials undergo training amid MERS outbreak

Japanese health officials undergo training amid MERS outbreak

Health officials learn how to deal with patients infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus during a drill at New Chitose Airport near the northern Japanese city of Sapporo on June 22, 2015, on the assumption that a person suspected of having MERS virus returned home from South Korea, which has the second-largest number of MERS patients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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