Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Start Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Last Modified: Saturday, May 2, 2020

End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999

Health care providers should contact their local/state health department immediately to notify them of patients with fever and lower respiratory illness who they suspect may have COVID-19.

2019 Novel Coronavirus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=403372&c=405328&_=317A4820B9E26EDD52E7F1BCBE90295AC3D60B0A81F295C83E85BDC138701BE9

Coronavirus [CoV], COVID-19

Roles:

Everyone: All Users