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By KH디지털2Published : Sept. 8, 2015 - 10:40
A South Korean doctor previously diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has been removed from an intensive care unit with one patient now remaining in unstable condition, health officials said Tuesday.
The 38-year-old doctor from Seoul's Samsung Medical Center has been moved to the general ward after his condition improved, the officials from the Health Ministry said.
The doctor, along with six other people previously diagnosed with the viral respiratory disease, had already tested negative for the disease, only recovering from other complications caused by MERS.
The only patient still remaining in an intensive care unit is also the only person who has not yet been declared free of the MERS virus.
The doctor had come under media attention after the Seoul city government and Mayor Park Won-soon accused him of putting the lives of nearly 1,500 people in danger by continuing to attend social gatherings and treat his patients even after becoming aware of his possible exposure to the potentially deadly disease.
The doctor, whose identity has been withheld for privacy reasons, has dismissed the accusation.
Since the country reported its first MERS case on May 20, the disease has infected 186 people, killing 36 of them.
No additional cases or fatalities have been reported since early July. An official declaration of the end of the MERS outbreak can be made 28 days after every person ever diagnosed with MERS completely recovers from the disease.
MERS is a viral disease that is still fairly new to humans. No vaccine or treatment is currently available for the disease, apparently a reason for the high fatality rate of around 36 percent globally.
In South Korea, the fatality rate of the disease remains at 19.4 percent. (Yonhap)
