What we're learning from online coronavirus screening project.
"This is an educational tool that will help people self-navigate the huge amount of information available, to make it easy to understand and ultimately to streamline care," Alexander P. Isakov, MD, MPH, executive director of Emory University Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, said.
So far, about 20% of people using the tool reported severe symptoms -- about the same rate in China and elsewhere. People with severe symptoms including gasping for air or crushing chest pain were directed to emergency services. According to the Coronavirus Checker, the most common COVID-19-related symptom is cough followed closely by sore throat and headache. Fever and cough, or fever and shortness of breath, are considered a strong match for the novel
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