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Dozens of people are quarantined in Bangkok to prevent the spread of the deadly MERS virus

In South Korea last year, a single person spread the virus causing Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) to 186 others, 36 of whom died as a result. Now Thailand, having identified the virus in a visitor from Oman on Jan. 22, has placed dozens of people in quarantine. It’s the second MERS case that Thailand has reported…