PRIME TIME NEWS 22:00 Korea confirms 30 MERS cases Wednesday We start with the Middle East

PRIME TIME NEWS 22:00 Five more confirmed MERS cases in Korea. President Park holds a meeting, and urges officials to do their best to prevent further spread of the virus. South Korea successfully test-fires a ballistic missile that can reach all parts of North Korea. The latest upgrade in its defense against Pyongyang′s growing military threats. The OECD slashes Korea′s growth outlook for this year to three percent,... fueling concerns of slow growth in Asia′s fourth largest economy. Stay tuned... for these stories and more. Hello and welcome to Prime Time News... on this Wednesday June 3rd. I′m Hwang Ji-hye. And I′m Daniel Choy. Thanks for joining us. Title: Korea confirms 30 MERS cases Wednesday We start with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS outbreak in Korea. Let′s go straight to Kim Ji-yeon who joins us at the news center. Ji-yeon, what′s the latest? We′re at a total of 30 MERS cases, with five new patients confirmed today. That′s including secondary and tertiary patients. Currently, more than 13-hundred people are quarantined in their homes or in state-run facilities to prevent the disease from spreading. As another preventative measure, 585 Korean have decided to temporarily close for this week. And for the time being, the military has announced that any soldiers who are suspected cases may delay their mandatory service. Ji-yeon, what details do you have on President Park Geun-hye′s emergency meeting with ministers and doctors? The government announced the establishment of a task force comprised of health authorities and local experts. It′ll serve as a control tower to deal with the MERS outbreak,... and will be in charge of coming up with containment measures and the sharing of critical information among ministries. It′s also responsible for strengthening care for confirmed patients. At the meeting,... President Park Geun-hye called for better information. "We need to discuss how the patients are being treated, the infection route... and the subsequent movements of the doctors treating the patients. And then, those who were in contact with the patients." In response, the task force announced that it would first designate a number of regional medical facilities that will be responsible for the care of MERS patients in that area. The group also vowed to share useful and accurate information to reduce public fear about the outbreak. Looking ahead, the task force said it would increase the number of infectious disease experts,... in order to increase the country′s ability to deal with similar cases in the future. Speaking of sharing information... why is the government not announcing the names of the hospitals that are treating confirmed patients? The task force said it has decided to withhold that information because it would do more harm than good. They′re concerned that people who suspect they might have the virus might delay treatment out of fear of going to one of these