Since April 2012, and as of 9 January 2023, a total of 2 610 cases of MERS-CoV, including 945 deaths, have been reported by health authorities worldwide.
This course covers key risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) principles and illustrates how they can be operationalized in the context of an extended outbreak that affects different populations with varying risk levels.
This case study is aimed at building capacity on outbreak response in municipalities that have large numbers of foreign temporary workers, where an outbreak response needs to involve the employers and possibly other municipal services, including public health services.
Since the beginning of 2023, and as of 30 January 2023, no MERS-CoV cases have been reported with
date of onset in 2023 by health authorities worldwide or by the World Health Organization.