MOH Case Management Guideline
The MOH case management guideline uses the following definitions to declare COVID-19 patients recovered:
- Asymptomatic cases will be declared recovered based on time-based recovery criteria 14 days after the date of the first positive lab test.
- Mild, Moderate, Severe or Critical cases will be declared recovered based on symptom-based recovery criteria, 14 days after being asymptomatic for fever and/or cough in patients who had laboratory tests confirmed for COVID-19.
- Patients that will join public service without practicing physical distancing because of their profession or service duty will be declared recovered based on test-based criteria, with two negative lab tests done 24 hours apart. These patients include
- Health care workers
- Public transport workers
- Bankers
- Hotel service providers
- Law enforcement workers
- Patients to be transferred to inpatient non-COVID-19 treatment