Table 2 Total cases, cases linked to the healthcare setting, and cases among healthcare workers for individual nosocomial outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
From: Transmission characteristics of MERS and SARS in the healthcare setting: a comparative study
Coronavirus | Country | Time period | Total cases | Cases linked to healthcare settings (%) | Healthcare workers (%) | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MERS | South Korea | 20 May–5 Jul 2015 | 186 | 186 (100) | 25 (13.5) | |
Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia | 1 Apr–23 May 2013 | 24 | 24 (100) | 2 (8.3) | [11] | |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 1 Jan–16 May 2014 | 225 | 98 (44) | 78 (35.0) | [10] | |
Total MERS nosocomial outbreaks | 435 | 308 (70.8) | 105 (24.1) | |||
SARS | Singapore | 25 Feb–11 May 2003 | 238 | 175 (74) | 97 (41.0) | [16] |
Toronto, Canada | 23 Feb–15 Apr 2003 | 216 | 216 (100) | 92 (42.6) | ||
Beijing, China | 18 Mar–23 Apr 2003 | 125 | 103 (82) | 67 (54.0) | [52] | |
Vietnam | 26 Feb–28 Apr 2003 | 63 | 52 (83) | 37 (59.0) | [53] | |
Hong Kong | 15 Feb–31 May 2003 | 1,755 | 866 (49.3) | 405 (23.1) | [54] | |
Taiwan | Mar–Jun 2003 | 668 | 370 (55.4) | 120 (18.0) | [37] | |
Total SARS nosocomial outbreaks | 3,065 | 1782 (58.1) | 818 (26.7) | |||