Could it be COVID-19 with a dry cough and diarrhea? CDC teamed up with Apple to launch a 5-minute questionnaire screening.

Since COVID-19 (coronavirus pneumonia-19) hit the United States hard, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health, so far (9th), 423 135 cases have been diagnosed and 4390 cases have died, and the news that many medical staff died of COVID-19 infection has also spread, so the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Apple Inc.

It takes 5 minutes to identify whether there is infection. This questionnaire screening will be based on their own symptoms, infection degree, possible infection routes and risks, and people will answer according to their own real experiences, and then provide the latest explanation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention! Moreover, it also provides the current epidemic prevention policies of various States in the United States, because the epidemic situation in different places is different, which provides convenience for people to search for the latest situation in their own places.

The operation of screening this questionnaire is simple. Apple has launched a web version and an App for the public to use, without logging in, and will not collect the results of public tests for any unit to use.

However, the Apple medical team also said that this tool only helps people fight the epidemic through the resources at hand and cannot replace professional medical diagnosis. If the questionnaire test shows serious symptoms, the software will tell them to call 9 1 1 for medical assistance.

In addition to providing online questionnaire screening, it also provides various precautions for epidemic prevention, such as personal health care. It will advise everyone to have enough water, exercise and sleep every day to help balance immunity. Because of the serious epidemic situation in the United States, people need to be isolated at home to ensure safety, so they also provide suggestions on how to work at home, clean at home and leisure activities that can be carried out at home under epidemic prevention conditions.

People can conduct preliminary screening through online coupons to obtain epidemic prevention information. Image source: cut from an online questionnaire that Apple assisted TOCC in consulting. When there is an unknown fever, the clinic will provide consultation, which is TOCC. These four words are actually travel history, communication history, contact history and group history. This kind of consultation is essential for the pathogen speculation of patients with unknown fever, which is especially important in the case of a large outbreak:

1. Travel history: 14 days' travel history, including myself, relatives and friends, family members, etc. Due to the increase of local unknown sources of infection, the history of domestic tourism has also increased. )

2. Occupational history: High-risk occupations include hospital employees, transportation (such as taxi drivers), tourism (such as tour guides), hotel industry (such as room service reception), and people who have frequent contact with foreign tourists (such as airline flight attendants).

3. Contact history: recent contact, going to gathering places and participating in assembly activities, including going to medical institutions, crowded places (such as schools), indoor activities (such as family gatherings), frequent contact with foreigners (such as airports) and public gatherings (such as religious activities).

4. Group gathering history: the group gathering history in the past 1 month, as if family members were followed by risky cases (such as home isolation, home isolation), and family members or relatives had fever or respiratory symptoms.

As soon as COVID-19 (Coronavirus Pneumonia-19) appeared, the CDC asked Dr. China to consult TOCC for unknown fever patients to find out whether there were any cases that met the notification from COVID-19 and take follow-up actions.

The online questionnaire * * * has 8 questions for people to choose to fill in. Image source: Screening intercepted from Apple Taiwan Province Province With the continuous increase in the number of confirmed cases in Taiwan Province Province and the emergence of local cases with unknown infection sources, there are more and more confirmed cases on campus. After the Qingming holiday, many tourist attractions are crowded with people, for fear of forming a hidden worry of community infection. The Central Epidemic Command Center also issued a "National Alert" to1scenic spot, requesting to enter 165438+.

Wu Changteng, a pediatric emergency physician at Linkou Chang Gung Hospital, also said that 14 days after continuous leave is a critical period for epidemic prevention! Therefore, epidemic prevention should be the most thorough, that is, don't relax because you haven't been to the above 1 1 scenic spots, but the whole people should take care of their health together.

Online questionnaire screening can be used to evaluate the possibility of infection. If the possibility of infection is extremely high, there are currently 65,438+063 designated institutions in COVID-19. The CDC also provides online inquiry function. Click "National Designated Community Inspection Institute" and enter the location to inquire about the nearest inspection institute.

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Apple-coronavirus pneumonia-19 screening? tool

Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Health

Text/Peng Xingru? Figure/He Yiting