Measures to prevent MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
For more information, contact the MERS hotline (043-719-7777), the Dasan Call Center (120),
or the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s MERS Countermeasure Headquarters (02-2133-0691~7)
1. Maintain good personal hygiene. Wash your hands often with soap and water or by using a hand sanitizer.
2. If you are traveling in the Middle East, avoid contact with camels, goats, and bats. Avoid visiting camel markets and camel farms and participating in camel riding experience programs. Refrain from eating raw camel meat and raw camel milk.
3. When you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or a handkerchief. If you do not have a tissue or handkerchief, use the sleeve of your shirt to cover your mouth and nose.
4. Avoid going to areas that are crowded with people. If you must go, wear a mask.
5. If you are showing signs of fever, coughing, difficulty in breathing, and other respiratory symptoms, put on a mask and receive treatment from a hospital immediately.
6. If you are showing signs of fever and respiratory symptoms within 14 days after traveling in the Middle East, report to your community health center and receive treatment from a hospital immediately.
For more information, visit
www.cdc.go.kr or
http://travelinfo.cdc.go.kr
