MERS-CoV
📍 France
All MERS-CoV outbreaks →Cumulative cases since outbreak start — WHO DON bulletin dated 2025-12-24
Official report date — in isolated zones, field onset typically precedes this by days to weeks.
The exact nature of this date (week of confirmation, transmission period, or bulletin publication date) is not specified by the source.
MERS-CoV in France: 2 travel-associated cases with exposure in the Arabian Peninsula were reported in December 2025 — the first MERS-CoV exportation to France. Enhanced surveillance and contact tracing found no evidence of onward transmission. No further French MERS-CoV cases have been reported since, per WHO's MERS-CoV Rapid Risk Assessment (29 January 2026).
Case trend
Cite this page (Vancouver)
HealthWatch Global. MERS-CoV outbreak — France [Internet]. 2025-12-24 [cited 2026 Aug 19]. Available from: https://healthwatch-global.com/en/outbreak/8218096d-b665-4a2c-9810-eb923b34776c. Data source: WHO DON.
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