UK Downgrades COVID-19 - It is NO LONGER a "High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID)" The FEAR peddling seditious media is TOTALLY silent on this.  Big surprise. POTUS Easter timeline looking better and better. As of 19 March 2020, COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) in the UK. Scroll down to "Status of COVID-19." https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid#status-of-covid-19 The 4 nations public health HCID group made an interim recommendation in January 2020 to classify COVID-19 as an HCID. This was based on consideration of the UK HCID criteria about the virus and the disease with information available during the early stages of the outbreak. Now that more is known about COVID-19, the public health bodies in the UK have reviewed the most up to date information about COVID-19 against the UK HCID criteria. They have determined that several features have now changed; in particular, more information is available about mortality rates (low overall), and there is now greater clinical awareness and a specific and sensitive laboratory test, the availability of which continues to increase. The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) is also of the opinion that COVID-19 should no longer be classified as an HCID. Definition of HCID In the UK, a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) is defined according to the following criteria: -acute infectious disease -typically has a high case-fatality rate -may not have effective prophylaxis or treatment -often difficult to recognise and detect rapidly -ability to spread in the community and within healthcare settings -requires an enhanced individual, population and system response to ensure it is managed effectively, efficiently and safely