WHO issues new treatment guideline for COVID-19
The World Health Organisation has released new criteria for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, which would hasten their discharge from hospitals and isolation centres in different countries.
The updated criteria reflected recent findings that indicated patients whose symptoms have resolved may still test positive for the COVID-19 virus for many weeks. Under the revised criteria, the WHO stipulates that symptomatic patients could be discharged 10 days after symptom onset, including at least three additional days without symptoms .“For example, if a patient had symptoms for two days, then the patient could be released from isolation after 10 days + 3=13 days from date of symptom onset. For a patient with symptoms for 14 days, the patient can be discharged 17 days after date of symptom onset.
On the reason for the change in the discharge of COVID-19 patients, the WHO stated that it has received feedback from global expert networks and member states that applying the initial recommendation of two negative RT-PCR tests at least 24 hours apart, in light of limited laboratory supplies, equipment, and personnel in areas with the intense transmission, has been extremely difficult, especially outside hospital settings.
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