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Table 1 Country-specific total number of cases and cases among healthcare workers for outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) [2, 13, 14, 33, 34] and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) [29]

From: Transmission characteristics of MERS and SARS in the healthcare setting: a comparative study

Coronavirus

Time period

Country

Total cases

Healthcare workers (%)

MERS

20 May–5 Jul 2015

South Korea

186

25 (13.4)

MERS

Jan 2013–May 2015

Saudi Arabia

787

106 (13.5)

SARS

23 Feb–12 Jun 2003

Canada

251

109 (43.4)

SARS

16 Nov–3 Jun 2003

China

5,327

1,002 (18.8)

SARS

15 Feb–31 May 2003

Hong Kong

1,755

386 (22.0)

SARS

25 Feb–5 May 2003

Singapore

238

97 (40.8)

SARS

23 Feb–14 Apr 2003

Vietnam

63

36 (57.1)

  1. Information based on publicly available nationally aggregated case counts and patient-level data