translated from Spanish: Following suggestion from the Advisory Council, Minsal changed the criteria for suspicious and confirmed cases

The Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, reported this day that the authority will change the criterion for the definition of suspected and confirmed cases by coronavirus, following a suggestion made by the Covid-19 Advisory Council.
This, he explained, after several international studies, it is estimated that for each person infected with the virus, there are 35 who were infected without symptoms.
Mañalich said that, with this background, the Advisory Council determined a new definition of cases, suggesting that anyone who has the following symptoms is suspected of infection: fever or axillary temperature of 37.8o or higher without any other obvious cause and/or has suggestive symptoms of a respiratory infection: muscle pain, respiratory apremium, chest pain, prostration, decay, cyanosis, muscle pain, diarrhea, rapid or gasping breathing and acute sense disturbance, smell or taste.
As confirmed, meanwhile, people with the symptoms detailed above, who have tested positive for PCR, positive for chain polymerase examination, characteristic image on the chest test and for a positive serological test for IGG and/or GMIs will be considered.
The Health Minister further said that the Covid-19 Advisory Council held that the presence of IGG or GMis antibodies in the blood against the disease confirms that the person was or was infected by the virus. Also, Mañalich said, it is suggested that this condition suggests that the person will be protected against the virus, with the duration of the antibody line unknown.
Mañalich indicated that the advisory council also recommended that a new category of “infected patients” be created in relation to people who did not develop symptoms, but that their tests showed that they were infected with the virus. In addition, the Minister of Health indicated that the figures will be set when antibody tests begin and that, the increase in infected people, could bring down rates and statistics related to the disease, but that these criteria are being discussed internationally.
“We want to clarify that from this date, both suspected and proven cases change criteria according to these suggestions,” the secretary of state said.

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