To combat the COVID-19 pandemic and enable effective and timely policy decisions, the health ministry has released guidelines for reporting positive cases to the respective district surveillance units. The present article focuses on the need and the procedure for reporting the positive cases to the district surveillance units and CDC. One of the most important responsibilities of a doctor under the current public health purview is to report a COVID-19 positive case to the government health units .
Knowing the correct number of infected individuals is extremely important for analyzing the situation and undertaking correct policy decisions at the correct time. Quoting the importance of timely isolation, appropriate treatment, contact tracing, and support from the private health sector, the health ministry has recently released guidelines for reporting COVID-19 cases from private…
