Open Syndrome COVID-19 (Philippines)
Table of Contents
Authors: Department of Health
Location: Philippines
Purpose #
COVID-19 suspected case definition for the Philippines
The definition #
A. Suspect Case
- A person who meets the clinical AND epidemiologic criteria: a. Clinical criteria i. Acute onset of fever AND cough OR ii. Acute onset of any of the three or more of the following signs or symptoms: fever, cough, general weakness, fatigue, headache, myalgia, sor e throat, coryza, dyspnea, anorexia/nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, altered men tal status b. Epidemiologic criteria i. Residing or working in an area with high risk of transmissio n of the virus: for example, closed residential settings and humanitarian settings such as camp and camp-like settings for displaced persons, any time within the 14 days prior to symptoms onset; OR ii. Residing in or travel to an area with community transmission anytime within the 14 days prior to symptom onset OR iii. Working in health settings including within health facilit ies and within households, anytime within the 14 days prior to symptoms onset c. Patient with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI: acute r espiratory infection with history of fever or measured fever > 38 C, and cough with onset within the last 10 days and who require hospitalization)
Machine-readable definition #
The definition is available in JSON format following the Open Syndrome v1.0 specification:
{
"category": "suspected",
"definition_type": "case_definition",
"description": "COVID-19 suspected case definition for the Philippines",
"human_readable_definition": "A. Suspect Case \n1. A person who meets the clinical AND epidemiologic criteria: \na. Clinical criteria \ni. Acute onset of fever AND cough OR \nii. Acute onset of any of the three or more of the following signs or symptoms: \nfever, cough, general weakness, fatigue, headache, myalgia, sor e throat, \ncoryza, dyspnea, anorexia/nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, altered men tal \nstatus \nb. Epidemiologic criteria \ni. Residing or working in an area with high risk of transmissio n of the virus: \nfor example, closed residential settings and humanitarian settings such as \ncamp and camp-like settings for displaced persons, any time within the 14 \ndays prior to symptoms onset; OR \nii. Residing in or travel to an area with community transmission anytime within \nthe 14 days prior to symptom onset OR \niii. Working in health settings including within health facilit ies and within \nhouseholds, anytime within the 14 days prior to symptoms onset \nc. Patient with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI: acute r espiratory infection \nwith history of fever or measured fever \u003e 38 C, and cough with onset within the \nlast 10 days and who require hospitalization) \n",
"inclusion_criteria": [
{
"logical_operator": "OR",
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"logical_operator": "AND",
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"name": "fever",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "cough",
"type": "symptom"
}
]
},
{
"logical_operator": "AT_LEAST",
"logical_operator_arguments": [
3
],
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"name": "fever",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "cough",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "general weakness",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "fatigue",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "headache",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "myalgia",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "sore throat",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "coryza",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "dyspnea",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "anorexia/nausea/vomiting/diarrhea",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "altered mental status",
"type": "professional_judgment"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"keywords": [
"COVID-19",
"Asia"
],
"language": "English",
"location": "Philippines",
"open_syndrome_version": "1.0.0",
"organization": "Department of Health",
"published_at": "2025-01-29T12:00:00Z",
"published_by": [
"Open Syndrome Initiative"
],
"published_in": "https://opensyndrome.org",
"references": [],
"scope": "broad",
"status": "draft",
"target_public_health_threats": [
"COVID-19"
],
"title": "Open Syndrome COVID-19 (Philippines)",
"version": "1.0.0"
}
Using the Definition #
Healthcare organizations can implement this definition through:
- Direct integration with surveillance systems
- API endpoints for real-time validation
- Manual case verification processes
Next Steps #
We encourage:
- Clinical feedback on the definition criteria
- Technical feedback on the implementation format
- Suggestions for additional symptoms or signs
- Reports of implementation experiences
Get Involved #
We welcome contributions and feedback from the community.