COVID-19 surveillance
Measures to monitor the spread of the respiratory disease / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Main articles: Disease surveillance and Public health surveillance
COVID-19 surveillance involves monitoring the spread of the coronavirus disease in order to establish the patterns of disease progression. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends active surveillance, with focus of case finding, testing and contact tracing in all transmission scenarios.[1] COVID-19 surveillance is expected to monitor epidemiological trends, rapidly detect new cases, and based on this information, provide epidemiological information to conduct risk assessment and guide disease preparedness.[1]