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. 2022 Dec 5;8(12):e37669. doi: 10.2196/37669

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©John Paul Cauchi, Maria-Louise Borg, Aušra Džiugytė, Jessica Attard, Tanya Melillo, Graziella Zahra, Christopher Barbara, Michael Spiteri, Allan Drago, Luke Zammit, Joseph Debono, Jorgen Souness, Steve Agius, Sharon Young, Alan Dimech, Ian Chetcuti, Mark Camenzuli, Ivan Borg, Neville Calleja, Lorraine Tabone, Charmaine Gauci, Pauline Vassallo, Joaquin Baruch. Originally published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (https://publichealth.jmir.org), 05.12.2022.

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Flowchart describing SARI surveillance procedures in Malta. Panel A shows the system in place in October 2020. Panel B shows the system in place from February 1, 2021, which included data required by the ECDC protocol. Panel C shows the system currently in place, where manual extraction is required only for symptoms and comorbidities. ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; SARI: severe acute respiratory infections.