A woman wearing a face mask stands at a special clinic where patients with respiratory issues can be treated in an isolated space to prevent possible spread to other patients, at Severance Hospital in Seoul on June 16, 2015. A 65-year-old German man died this month of complications from a Mers infection contracted during a trip to the Arabian Peninsula in February, a German regional health ministry said on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: AFP.
BERLIN (AFP) - A 65-year-old German man died this month of complications from a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) infection contracted during a trip to the Arabian Peninsula in February, a German regional health ministry said on Tuesday.
The man died in the western town of Ostercappeln on June 6 of a lung disease, the health ministry of Lower Saxony state said.
