NEW: WHO interim guidance on a range of topics to help countries manage the new #coronavirus

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH 

WHO is providing information to countries on how to prepare for the new #coronavirus, incl. how to:
monitor for sick people
test samples
treat patients
control infection in health centres
maintain the right supplies
communicate with the public about the virus

WHO advice for international travel and trade in relation to the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new #coronavirus in #Wuhan, #China

http://bit.ly/2sgvOZK 

NEW: WHO interim guidance:
Laboratory testing of human suspected cases of novel #coronavirus infection

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH  (under ‘Technical documents’)

NEW: WHO interim guidance:
Infection prevention and control during health care when a novel #coronavirus infection is suspected

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH  (under ‘Technical documents’)

NEW: WHO interim guidance:
Surveillance case definitions for human infection with a novel #coronavirus

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH  (under ‘Technical documents’)

NEW: WHO interim guidance:
Risk communication and community engagement readiness and initial response for a novel #coronaviruses

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH  (under ‘Technical documents’)

NEW: WHO tool for national authorities to review their capacity to detect and respond to a novel #coronavirus

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH  (under ‘Technical documents’)

NEW: WHO draft list of supplies needed for laboratories and health centers managing a novel #coronavirus.

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH  (under ‘Technical documents’)

All of the WHO interim guidance and technical documents on novel #coronavirus will be updated as needed.

http://bit.ly/2TaaWOH 

NEW: WHO interim guidance: ‍‍ Clinical management - how to care for patients with severe acute respiratory infection when novel #coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected

http://bit.ly/2tTquvC 

NEW: Diagnostic detection of novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR http://bit.ly/2Ribq2X 

Note: This protocol has not been validated by WHO.
More protocols will be posted when they become available