Two people died in South Korea in the first reported deaths related to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, a news report said Tuesday, dpa reported. Both people, a 58-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man, had been identified as carrying the virus, Yonhap news agency reported. Six more cases of MERS were also discovered, the Health Ministry said, bringing the total number infected in the outbreak to 25. Many of the infections were detected in the same hospital as the first case nearly two weeks ago. -- SPA 11:41 LOCAL TIME 08:41 GMT تغريد