Middle East respiratory syndrome in Saudi Arabia

Middle East respiratory syndrome · Saudi Arabia · 4 WHO events across 4 calendar years (2022–2025).

Event log

Year	DON ID	ICD-10	ICD-11
2025	DON2939, DON2918, DON2910	U040	1D64
2024	DON2888, DON2868, DON2860	U040	1D64
2023	DON2838	U040	1D64
2022	DON2778, DON2722	U040	1D64

Annual cadence

Year	Events
2025	1
2024	1
2023	1
2022	1

Most active year: 2025 with 1 event.
No quiet years in range.

Position within the disease

• Saudi Arabia is rank #4 of 25 for this disease.
• The country sits in the WHO EMR region.
• Last reported event: 2025 (1 year ago).

Regional peers (EMR)

10 countries in this region report this disease. Median event count: 2.

Country	Events
Oman	8
Qatar	6
United Arab Emirates	6
Saudi Arabia ←	4
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2
Kuwait	2
Lebanon	2
Bahrain	1

How this disease ranks among Saudi Arabia’s threats

Middle East respiratory syndrome is rank #1 of 5 diseases reported by Saudi Arabia to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Saudi Arabia Hub.