Chapter 2 Interpretation of the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Corona Virus Disease 2019

(Tentative Fifth Revised Edition)*

* In order to better understand the revised content from the tentative fifth revised edition to the tentative sixth edition of the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Corona Virus Disease 2019, this part adds the interpretation of the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Corona Virus Disease 2019(Tentative Fifth Revised Edition).

On February 8th, 2020, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China issued the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Corona Virus Disease 2019(Tentative Fifth Revised Edition).

Since December 2019, Wuhan City, Hubei Province has successively discovered multiple cases of patients with COVID-19. With the spread of the epidemic, other cases in China and abroad have also been found. Most of the currently reported cases have a history of residence or travel in Wuhan,but cases without that have already been found in some areas. As an acute respiratory infectious disease, COVID-19 has been classified into the Class B communicable diseases stipulated by the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, and managed as a Class A communicable diseases.

After the outbreak, National Health Commission organized relevant experts to formulate the tentative first edition, second edition, third edition,fourth edition and fifth edition of Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Corona Virus Disease 2019.

The tentative fifth revised edition includes the characteristics of coronavirus pathogens, clinical characteristics, case definitions, differential diagnosis, case identify and report, treatment, release of isolation and discharge standards, transfer principles, and nosocomial infection control.