Diagnosis
Clinical manifestation such as cough, fever and myalgia are being used as a primitive screening tool determining the necessity of referral to medical centers. A definitive diagnosis is established based on laboratory reports. Sputum, nasopharyngeal swabs, oropharyngeal swabs, blood, urine and feces (10, 17) were used as samples for diagnosis and treatment procedure follow up. Currently there is no definitive serologic diagnostic laboratory finding. Diagnosis is established based on the presence of viral genome. Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) is mostly used for this cause along with RNA-based metagenomic sequencing and CRISPR-based technique (1, 5, 26). Besides IgM/IgG anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies can also be used as a means of diagnosis (27). Imaging studies are also a promising diagnostic tool.