Prepare report on covid 19 of 12 lines
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Explanation:
12 new countries/territories/areas have reported cases of COVID-19 in the
past 24 hours.
• The Director-General said yesterday that Europe has now become the
epicenter of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest
of the world combined, apart from China. Many countries are now acting on
the eight pillars of WHO’s Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan. For more
details, please see here.
• WHO published guidance on ‘Clinical management of severe acute respiratory
infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected’ on 13 March. The
document provides clinicians with updated interim guidance on timely,
effective, and safe supportive management of patients with suspected and
confirmed COVID-19.
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• Yemen reported its first case of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
• WHO has developed the following definition for reporting COVID deaths: a
COVID-19 death is defined for surveillance purposes as a death resulting from
a clinically compatible illness in a probable or confirmed COVID-19 case, unless
there is a clear alternative cause of death that cannot be related to COVID
disease (e.g., trauma). There should be no period of complete recovery
between the illness and death.
• WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros, in a press conference held yesterday,
highlighted the issue of planning the transition out of stay-at-home
restrictions: “WHO wants to see restrictions lifted as much as anyone. At the
same time, lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence.”
• WHO has updated its Q&A page on COVID-19 to provide information of how
the virus spreads and how it is affecting people worldwide.
• To date, there are a limited number of publications and national situation
reports that provide information on the number of healthcare worker (HCW)
infections. Understanding infection in HCWs is critical to informing the
specific infection prevention and control measures needed to protect HCWs
from infection
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