Community Case Definitions For Coronavirus Disease


Posted on: Thu 14-01-2021

Suspected Case: Anyone with cough and/or fever (or history of fever in the last two weeks) with 1 or more of these symptoms.

  • Shivering /shaking (chills)
  • Body pain
  • Headache
  • Sore throat
  • Recent loss of taste or smell
  • Difficulty in breathing/shortness of breath
  • Diarrhea/abdominal pain
  • Runny nose/catarrh
  • Fatigue (tiredness)

PROBABLE CASE:

A probable case of COVID-19 is any person that presented with any of the above symptoms in the last two weeks and died without a confirmatory COVID-19 test.