Korea learns precious lessons from Mers

Safety precautions: South Korean workers dressed in protective gear fumigating a theatre at the Sejong Culture Centre in Seoul. — AFP

IT certainly feels good to hear the Government announcing that Korea is free from the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak that had kept the whole nation fretting for two months.

Needless to say, it would have been better had authorities dealt with the contagious disease promptly in its initial stage, but it is still fortunate that we could stop the deadly virus after minimising its impact.