Novel Corona virus (COVID-19) case definition

A suspected case is

1. A person with acute respiratory symptoms.

   OR

2. A person with pneumonia.

   OR

3. Patient admitted with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) or one who develops SARI while in hospital.

Notify

Electronic notification (ARI / SARI) OR Use SARI Notification Form & share to Governorate FAX or Hotline

Laboratory Investigation

• Collect respiratory samples (Nasopharyngeal and oral pharyngeal swab*^[1]/Bronchoalveolar lavage/Tracheal aspiration/sputum).

• Adhere to safety procedure during collection.

• Transport samples in triple packing.

• Use Alshifa Laboratory code : SARS-CoV-2 RNA PCR

• Consider other differential diagnosis (Request for RVP, MERS- CoV, Atypical bacterial PCR & and bacterial culture)

• Contact CPHL Hotline ( 91313316 ) prior to shipment.

For infection prevention and control measures and for case management please refer to relative guidelines.