The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) respiratory disease has infected 122 people in the country so far. The first case was found on May 20.

The 65-year-old man caught the virus from the 16th patient at the Konyang University Hospital in the central city of Daejeon, and was tested positive on June 7.
MERS infections in South Korea totaled 122 as of Thursday as 14 new cases were added. The first case was found on May 20.
Meanwhile, three confirmed patients were released from hospitals as they tested negative twice. The number of hospital discharges increased to seven with the three new discharges.
Source-IANS