COVID-19 CASE DEFINITION:

Suspect case
A. Patients with acute respiratory illness (fever, cough, breathing difficulty), AND with no other etiology that fully explains the clinical presentation AND at least one of the following:
* a history of travel to or residence in China in the 14 days prior to symptom onset, or
*patient is a health care worker who has been working in an environment where severe acute respiratory infections of unknown etiology are being cared for.
*worked or attended a health care facility where a confirmed case of 2019-nCoV is admitted in the last 14 days
*close contact with a confirmed case of 2019-nCoV in the 14 days prior to illness onset, or
B. A suspect case for whom testing for 2019-nCoV is inconclusive
Confirmed case
A person with laboratory confirmation of 2019-nCoV infection, irrespective of clinical signs and symptoms.

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