The government is set to announce the de facto end to the MERS outbreak today. The move comes as the last suspected patient was released from isolation early yesterday, with the health ministry reporting no additional infections or related deaths.  

Foreign press immediately covered the Korean government's announcement that the MERS outbreak has come to a de facto end. China's Xinhua News Agency quoted Korean media reports in a one-line breaking news headline, while the AFP reported that the MERS outbreak is over after the first case was confirmed on May 20.