id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-260024-yrhlg6wm	Ha, Kyoo-Man	A lesson learned from the MERS outbreak in South Korea in 2015	2015-10-24		.txt	text/plain	1418	81	51	The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) under the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MW) insisted on not sharing MERS information from the hospitals with the public at the initial stage of the outbreak under the pretext of hospital protection, although in reality this decision may have been based on nepotism. Considering that the MERS outbreak was not only a health issue but also an emergency management issue, the model for controlling similar epidemics or pandemics in the future-oriented model should involve all stakeholders in an early and co-ordinated response. Although many stakeholders tried to play their own roles during the MERS outbreak in Korea, their responses were somewhat late and unco-ordinated, and thus contributed to the national crisis. The key tenet is that Korea must not consider the MERS outbreak to be a hospital infection control issue.	./cache/cord-260024-yrhlg6wm.txt	./txt/cord-260024-yrhlg6wm.txt