Guidance issued on SARS-like virus

By Gary Culliton. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has issued guidance regarding a novel coronavirus (nCoV) to hospitals, GPs and Directors of Public Health, which emphasises the management of patients who present with severe respiratory symptoms and a history of travel to the Middle East. The HPSC has issued guidance documentation on surveillance for nCoV — a SARS-like virus — the investigation and management of suspected or confirmed cases, infection prevention and control and the submission on samples to the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL) for investigation. The NVRL is co-ordinating any diagnostic investigations required. All primary cases of…