A South Korean patient who had been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the deadly disease.
 
The Health and Welfare Ministry announced the first confirmed recovery from MERS in South Korea, saying the female patient in her 60s was released from the hospital on Friday. 
 
The ministry explained that she recovered to normal temperatures within a week of being hospitalized on May 20 and a recent series of genetic tests confirmed no MERS coronavirus in her body.
 
The woman, who is the wife of the first South Korean patient, was treated in isolation at a state-designated medical facility for more than two weeks.