(English) CSTE Updates Interim Position Statement on COVID-19

ATLANTA, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has announced the approval of a second interim position statement revising the established standardized case definition and classification for COVID-19. Updates clarify clinical, laboratory, epidemiologic linkage and vital records criteria necessary for surveillance based on rapid advancement in the science of COVID-19 disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The revised case definition was developed by CSTE…