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Management of ill travellers at Points of Entry – international airports, seaports and ground crossings – in the context of COVID -19 outbreak, Interim guidance, 16 February 2020
This document aims to provide advice on the detection and management of ill travellers suspected of COVID-19 infection, at international airports, ports and ground crossings. It includes the following measures; 1)Detection ... -
Epidemiological Alert: Novel coronavirus (nCoV) (16 January 2020)
On 31 December 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China, reported a conglomerate of 27 cases of acute respiratory syndrome of unknown etiology among people linked to a wet ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (14 February 2020)
On 21 January 2020, the first case of COVID-19 imported into the region of the Americas was identified in the United States of America in the state of Washington. A few days later, on 25 January, Canada reported their first ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (20 January 2020)
Since the Epidemiological Alert on the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) published on January 16, 2020 and until January 20, 2020 four countries have reported to the World Organization Health (WHO) confirmed cases: China (198 ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (5 February 2020)
On 31 December 2019, Wuhan Municipality in Hubei Province, China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases with unknown etiology. By the 9th of January 2020, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention identified a ... -
Considerations in the investigation of cases and clusters of COVID-19, Interim guidance, 13 March 2020
This document offers operational guidance to Member States for the rapid investigation of suspected COVID-19 cases after an alert or signal. It is to be used by local, regional, or national health authorities as considerations ... -
Global surveillance for COVID-19 disease caused by human infection with the 2019 novel coronavirus, Interim guidance, 27 February 2020
Background: This document summarizes WHO’s revised guidance for global surveillance of COVID-19 disease caused by infection with the 2019 novel coronavirus. WHO will continue to update this guidance as new information about ... -
Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of 91 Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang, China: A retrospective, multi-centre case series.
(2020-03-17)Background: Recent studies have focused initial clinical and Epidemiologic characteristics on the COVID-19, mainly revealing situation in Wuhan, Hubei. Aim: To reveal more data on the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics ... -
Correlation between travellers departing from Wuhan before the Spring Festival and subsequent spread of COVID-19 to all provinces in China
(2020-03-17)We found a strong correlation between travel volumes departing from Wuhan, Hubei Province before the Spring Festival and the extent of amplification of the outbreak of COVID-19 in China in 2020, with 100 top cities. Almost ...