South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday declared the de-facto end of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome1 outbreak as all MERS suspects were freed from quarantine amid no reports of new contagion2 cases for more than three weeks.
韩国总理黄教安周二宣布中东呼吸综合症疫情的蔓延实际上已结束，所有的疑似病例均以结束隔离，三个多星期以来未出现新感染病例。
"It is the
judgment3 of the medical circles and the government that people can now feel relieved when collectively thinking various situations," Hwang said during a cabinet meeting to control the deadly viral disease.
Hwang
noted4 that all MERS suspects were freed from self and
mandatory5 quarantine as of Monday and no new case of MERS infection was reported for more than three weeks. He added that 15 hospitals were also freed from the designation as medical institutions required to be intensively managed for MERS spread.
The declaration came 69 days after the first patient was discovered on May 20. The
corona6 virus has infected 186 people, among whom 36 passed away.
The total contagion number has been unchanged at 186 for 23 days since July 6. The death
toll7 was left at 36 for 17 days since July 12.
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