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Global Surveillance for Human Infection with Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Interim Guidance

01/31/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 1/31/2020. This two-page document, updated on January 31, 2020, provides guidance to Member States on implementation of global surveillance of 2019-nCoV. The objectives of this global surveillance are to monitor trends of the disease where human-to-human and/or zoonotic transmission occurs; rapidly detect new cases in countries where the virus is not circulating; provide epidemiological information to conduct risk assessment at the national, regional, and global level; and provide epidemiological information to guide response measures. This page also provides links to a template for line listing in Excel format, and data dictionary in Excel format in English, Chinese, French, and Russian. (PDF)