Government of Jamaica
Also called SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus
Acute onset of fever AND cough (ILI) OR acute onset of three or more of the following signs or symptoms: fever, cough, generalized weakness/fatigue, headache, myalgia, sore throat, coryza, dyspnea, nausea/diarrhea/anorexia.
Nasopharyngeal swab OR combined nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs (nylon, Dacron, or polyester flocked swabs) in viral transport medium on ice.
National Public Health Lab
48 hours
Source: National Surveillance Manual
The weekly bulletin gives cases confirmed by PCR or antigen test, deaths, and test positivity, the share of samples testing positive, which sets the level of transmission.
The National Surveillance Unit publishes the latest figures every week.