Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disease Outbreak News (DONs)

01/21/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 1/21/2020. This web page, updated in 2020, provides the latest updates on diseases reported to the World Health Organization, including updates on cases of novel coronavirus in Asia and Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides links to archives of disease outbreaks by year, by disease, and disease outbreaks by countries, territories, and areas. (Text)

Home Care for Patients with Suspected Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection Presenting with Mild Symptoms and Management of Contacts: Interim Guidance

01/20/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 1/20/2020. The World Health Organization has developed this three-page rapid advice note to meet the need for recommendations on the safe home care for patients with suspected novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection presenting with mild symptoms, and public health measures related to management of asymptomatic contacts. It is intended for public health and infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals, health care managers, and health care workers. (PDF)

Wuhan Novel Coronavirus: Guidance for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories

01/17/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 1/17/2020. This web page links to three documents that provide guidance to clinical diagnostic laboratories on the handling and processing of specimens for the detection of Wuhan novel coronavirus (WN-CoV), and cover laboratory investigations, as well as sample requirements. (Text)