Precautions List of Risk Countries with COVID‑19 for Primary Prevention: Experience on Case Traveling from the Country Out of the List

The new emerging SARSCoV2 infection‑causing pandemic COVID‑19 is a global public health problem at present. This disease was first reported in pneumonia patients in China[1] before its occurrence in more than 150 countries worldwide. Some countries have a serious situation of the outbreak and already perceived as COVID‑19 risk countries. The examples are China, South Korea, Iran, and Italy. The list of risk countries with COVID‑19 is usually used as a component for planning for primary prevention of disease. The history of traveling from countries present in the list of risk countries with COVID‑19 accompanied with fever and respiratory symptoms might be used for identifying suspicious case for disease screening.[2] Thailand, a country in Indochina where the disease occurs second after China[3] also implemented these criteria for screening. The efficacy of these criteria is still not proven.