Categories: SitRep

NCDC Reviews Community Case Definition for COVID-19

Femi Ashekun/

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released a revised community case definition for COVID-19 in the country.

Community case definition lists the criteria by which a person can be regarded as a suspected or probable COVID-19 case.

It also determines the eligibility of an individual for COVID-19 testing.

The agency released the revised case definition via a statement published on its website today.

Under the new guideline, NCDC describes a suspected case as “anyone with cough and/or fever (or history of fever in the last two weeks)” combined with one or more of the under-listed symptoms.

The symptoms include: 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 and fatigue (tiredness).

On the hand, the agency describes a probable case of COVID-19 as any
person that presented with any of the symptoms listed above in the last
two weeks and died without a
confirmatory COVID-19 test.

0
Editor

Recent Posts

Are The Grammys Relevant Outside the United States?

Building Credibility For nearly eight decades, the Grammy Awards have stood as the pinnacle of…

1 day ago

Disputed 5.3bn Shares: Court Adjourns Barbican/FBN Holdings Suit as Ecobank’s Recusal Motion Remains Pending

Justice Ayokunle Faji has adjourned further proceedings in the suit filed by Barbican Capital Limited…

3 days ago

Los Angeles Protects Undocumented Immigrants from Trump’s Deportation Plans with Sanctuary Ordinance

Segun Atanda/ The Los Angeles City Council has approved a sweeping "sanctuary city" ordinance designed…

3 days ago

Trump Could Face Prison After Second Term, Prosecutors Say

Segun Atanda/ New York prosecutors have opposed dismissing President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction for falsifying business…

3 days ago

MC Oluomo Flouts Court Order, Assumes Office as NURTW President

Femi Ashekun/ In a bold and controversial move, Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya, has defied a…

3 days ago

Tinubu Sacks Nnamdi Azikiwe University VC, Registrar … Dissolves Council

Matilda Omonaiye/ President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dissolved the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,…

3 days ago