Patient requiring hospital admission AND AT LEAST ONE OF
Clinical or Radiological evidence of pneumonia
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Influenza like illness (defined as fever \>37.8oC and at least one of the following respiratory symptoms, which much be of acute onset: persistent cough (with or without sputum), hoarseness, nasal discharge or congestion, shortness of breath, sore throat, wheezing, sneezing)
You may not be if
Patients who have not had the standard PHE COVID-19 test applied
Unwilling or unable to comply with research swab of nose \& throat or tracheal fluid
Clareo Health | Evaluation of Novel Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19
