WHO COVID-19 Case definition
Updated in Public health surveillance for COVID-19
16 December 2020
| COVID-19: Surveillance, case investigation and epidemiological protocols
Overview
This document provides the case definitions for public health surveillance of COVID-19 in humans caused by SARS-COV-2 infection.
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WHO Team
WHO Headquarters (HQ)
Editors
World Health Organization
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/2019-nCoV/Surveillance_Case_Definition/2020.2
Copyright
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