Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Summary of Assumptions | NLM

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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Summary of Assumptions

02/27/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Published: 2/27/2020. In order to develop technical guidance to support federal/provincial/territorial public health authorities and front-line clinicians in health care settings to respond to the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, the assumptions on this web page were taken to develop interim guidance documents. These assumptions are based on currently available scientific evidence and expert opinion and are subject to change as new information on transmissibility and epidemiology becomes available. (Text)