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About 40% of our sample had previous experience with confirmed or suspected MERS-CoV patients, and those had a significantly higher knowledge score (13.16 \u00b1 2.02 <jats:italic>vs.<\/jats:italic> 12.58 \u00b1 2.27, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.002) and higher adherence to protective hygienic practices (2.95 \u00b1 0.80 <jats:italic>vs.<\/jats:italic> 2.74 \u00b1 0.92, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.003). The knowledge scores on COVID-19 were higher in the current cohort than the previous MERS-CoV outbreak cohort (68% <jats:italic>vs.<\/jats:italic> 79.7%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). HCWs from the current cohort who felt greater anxiety from COVID-19 compared to MERS-CoV were less likely to have been exposed to MERS-CoV infected\/suspected cases (odds ratio (OR) = 0.646, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.042) and were less likely to have attended the hospital awareness campaign on COVID-19 (OR = 0.654, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.035). 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