The Department of Health on April 9, 2020, released the Administrative Order No. 2020-0013 with the subject, Revised Administrative Order No. 2020-0012 "Guidelines for the Inclusion of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the List of Notifiable Diseases for Mandatory Reporting to the Department of Health" dated March 17, 2020.
Included on this AO is the Transition of the Old versus New Classification for COVID-19.
OLD CLASSIFICATION | NEW CLASSIFICATION |
Neither a Person Under Monitoring (PUM) or Patient Under Investigation | Not a COVID-19 Case |
PUM | Not included in the new classification* |
PUI (mild, severe, or critical) who was not tested or awaiting test results | SUSPECT |
PUI (mild, severe, or critical) with inconclusive test results | PROBABLE |
COVID Positive | CONFIRMED |
*Because of evidence of local or community transmission in the country, its residents are assumed to have been exposed to the infection
Source: DOH
New Classification of Individuals for COVID-19
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