So far, the death toll remains unchanged: MERS has taken the lives of 33 people, while 116 MERS patients have been discharged, according to the ministry.
#MERS in #SouthKorea: Unclear what the final fatality rate of this outbreak will be; 41 cases are still hospitalized pic.twitter.com/b2WMURsmIS
— Maia Majumder, MPH (@maiamajumder) July 5, 2015
At least 982 people remain in quarantine, the smallest figure in the past month.
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is a viral respiratory disease caused by the MERS-coronavirus. The infection was first reported in 2012 in Saudi Arabia and subsequently spread to other countries.
The recent virus outbreak started in South Korea in May. Among the reasons for the infection’s outbreak were overcrowded emergency rooms and insufficient safety measures taken at the country's hospitals.
