Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the respondents.

Variables	Categories	N	%
Gender	Female	55	40.4
	Male	81	59.6
Academic year	Fifth	48	35.3
	Sixth	88	64.7
Age	20–25	127	93.4
	26–30	9	6.6
Heard of (MERS) before this current outbreak	No	16	11.8
	Yes	120	88.2
Source of information	College of Medicine	17	12.5
	Social Media	75	55.1
	The community	27	19.9
	Ministry of Health	8	5.9
	NOT heard of it before	9	6.6