Global Surveillance for human infection with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Overview

This document provides guidance to Member States on implementation of global surveillance of 2019-nCoV. The objectives of this global surveillance are to monitor trends of the disease where human to human and/or zoonotic transmission occurs;rapidly detect new cases in countries where the virus is not circulating; provide epidemiological information to conduct risk assessment at the national, regional and global level; and provide epidemiological information to guide response measures.