Table 1.
Timing of documented case importations of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) around the world
| Country | Date of arrival | Days since 3 September 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2012/9/11 | 8 |
| Germany | 2012/10/24 | 51 |
| United Arab Emiratesa | 2013/3/8 | 186 |
| France | 2013/4/17 | 226 |
| Tunisia | 2013/5/3 | 242 |
| Italy | 2013/5/25 | 264 |
| Omana | 2013/10/26 | 418 |
| Kuwaitb | 2013/11/7 | 430 |
| Yemena | 2014/3/17 | 560 |
| Malaysia | 2014/4/7 | 581 |
| Philippines | 2014/4/15 | 589 |
| Greece | 2014/4/17 | 591 |
| Jordan | 2014/4/19 | 593 |
| Lebanona | 2014/4/22 | 596 |
| United States | 2014/4/24 | 598 |
| Egypt | 2014/4/25 | 599 |
| Irana | 2014/5/1 | 605 |
| Netherlands | 2014/5/10 | 614 |
| Algeria | 2014/5/28 | 632 |
| Austria | 2014/9/22 | 749 |
| Turkey | 2014/10/6 | 763 |
| South Korea | 2015/5/4 | 973 |
| China | 2015/5/26 | 995 |
| Thailand | 2015/6/15 | 1015 |
The date at which an infected individual has initially entered is shown
aFor these Middle East countries, illness onset date of first identified case was used as the arrival date; bThere were two cases in the first instance among which the second identified case had a history of travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The second case was thus defined as the imported case