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Dr KK Aggarwal 29 February 2020
Current definition is
Suspect case
A. Patients with severe acute respiratory infection (fever, cough, and requiring admission to hospital), 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 the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, 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.
B. Patients with any acute respiratory illness AND at least one of the following:• close contact with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 in the 14 days prior to illness onset, or• visiting or working in a live animal market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in the 14 days prior to symptom onset, or • worked or attended a health care facility in the 14 days prior to onset of symptoms where patients with hospital associated COVID-19 infections have been reported.
(Source: https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Corona%20Discharge-Policy.pdf )
Why change?
(Source: CDC)
Comments: The CDC should add “all at risk patients with fever and cough and H1N1-negative should have evaluation for possible coronavirus COVID-19”.
Dr KK Aggarwal
President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
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