Enhancing the indicator for COVID-19 confirmed cases

Abstract

COMMENTARY Volume 12 Number 6 (December 2020) 505-507 Enhancing the indicator for COVID-19 confirmed cases Masoud Ferdosi1, Ehsan Mostafavi2* 1Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, School of Management and Medical Information, Isfahan, Iran 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran Received: September 2020, Accepted: October 2020 Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Indicator The World Health Organization (WHO) from the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic had a simple message for the countries around the world: "Test- Test-Test" (1). The confirmed cases who have been already diagnosed with COMMENTARY Volume 12 Number 6 (December 2020) 505-507 Enhancing the indicator for COVID-19 confirmed cases Masoud Ferdosi1, Ehsan Mostafavi2* 1Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, School of Management and Medical Information, Isfahan, Iran 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran Received: September 2020, Accepted: October 2020 Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Indicator The World Health Organization (WHO) from the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic had a simple message for the countries around the world: "Test- Test-Test" (1). The confirmed cases who have been already diagnosed with COVID-19 are being report- ed daily (2). However, ignoring some basic rules can undermine both financial and medical resources and thus results in the misinterpretation of the test find- ings. This paper endeavors to first explain the prob- lems with the current reporting status of COVID-19 cases and then continue with some remedial sugges- tions are being report- ed daily (2). However, ignoring some basic rules can undermine both financial and medical resources and thus results in the misinterpretation of the test find- ings. This paper endeavors to first explain the prob- lems with the current reporting status of COVID-19 cases and then continue with some remedial sugges- tions