South Korean shopping, baseball, movies and art hit by MERS

[Sports News]

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South Korean high street spending fell dramatically in the first week of June as fears over an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) kept shoppers at home, but online purchases rose, government estimates showed on Wednesday. President Park Geun-hye postponed a U.S. visit to supervise the handling of the outbreak, as two more people died and 13 new cases were reported, lifting the total number of patients to 108. Visitors to amusement parks plummeted 60.4 percent and to baseball games, 38.7 percent.

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