Module Key Takeaways

• Health workers need to apply standard case definition for identifying suspects of COVID-19 and apply appropriate pre-triage and triage procedures to protect other patients and health workers from getting COVID-19 infection.
• The decision on the management approach of COVID-19 patients depends on the clinical spectrum of the disease.
• Oxygen therapy is a known intervention to reduce mortality in severe respiratory diseases and is indicated for COVID-19 patients with acute severe respiratory illness.
• In resource-limited settings, time based and symptom based approaches can be used to declare COVID-19 patients’ recovery without conducting laboratory tests.
• Health workers need to take into consideration the course COVID-19 illness in pregnant and breastfeeding women and children in addressing their specific needs.