Risk factors Strong

Risk factors
Strong
residence in/travel to affected area 14 days prior to symptom onset
• Diagnosis should be suspected in patients with fever and/or signs/symptoms of lower respiratory
illness (e.g., cough, dyspnoea) who reside in, or have travelled to a country/area or territory reporting
local transmission of COVID-19 in the 14 days prior to symptom onset.[39] [40]
• [WHO: novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation dashboard]
• [CDC: locations with confirmed 2019-nCoV cases]
close contact with infected individual
• Person-to-person spread has been confirmed in community and healthcare settings in China and other
countries.[14] Diagnosis should be suspected in patients with fever and/or signs/symptoms of lower
respiratory illness (e.g., cough, dyspnoea) who report close contact with a confirmed or probable case
of COVID-19 in the 14 days prior to symptom onset.[