Ambulatory MERS patients should be seated next to the cabin sidewall.
Patients should wear a surgical mask, if tolerated, to reduce respiratory droplet production.
If transport of a non-MERS patient simultaneously with MERS patient(s) cannot be avoided, the non-MERS patient should wear an N-95 or higher-level respirator during transport and should be positioned upwind and as far as possible from the MERS patient. Patients unable to tolerate the use of an N-95 or higher-level respirator should not be transported with a MERS patient.
If several confirmed MERS patients are transported, they may be moved as a group (cohorted) in an aircraft that provides appropriate airflow characteristics as described above.