Middle East respiratory syndrome in United Arab Emirates

Middle East respiratory syndrome · United Arab Emirates · 6 WHO events across 6 calendar years (2016–2023).

Event log

Year	DON ID	ICD-10	ICD-11
2023	DON2831	U040	1D64
2021	DON2705, DON2681	U040	1D64
2020	DON2612, DON2601	U040	1D64
2019	DON2574	U040	1D64
2018	DON2419	U040	1D64
2016	DON2258, DON2170	U040	1D64

Annual cadence

Year	Events
2023	1
2021	1
2020	1
2019	1
2018	1
2016	1

Most active year: 2023 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 2.

Position within the disease

• United Arab Emirates is rank #3 of 25 for this disease.
• The country sits in the WHO EMR region.
• Last reported event: 2023 (3 years 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 United Arab Emirates’s threats

Middle East respiratory syndrome is rank #1 of 4 diseases reported by United Arab Emirates to the WHO. The full country profile is at the United Arab Emirates Hub.