Summary
- Iran, Italy and South Korea have been added to the list of countries for which clinicians should consider testing of people with a clinically compatible illness and history of travel.
- On 26 February 2020 the Commonwealth updated advice on testing of persons under investigation for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
It is recommended that clinicians should consider testing people with a clinically compatible illness who travelled to any of the following countries (excluding transit through an airport in these countries) in the 14 days before onset of symptoms:
•Hong Kong
•Indonesia
•Iran
•Italy
•Japan
•Singapore
•South Korea
•Thailand.
Read the public health alert in full here.