Various diseases mimic signs and symptoms of COVID-19. Some of these diseases will be differential diagnosis for clinicians to rule them out. Below is the list of potential differential diagnosis

      i.         Influenza virus disease

     ii.         Rhinovirus disease

    iii.         Respiratory syncytial virus disease

   iv.         Pulmonary Tuberculosis

     v.         Pneumonia (community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and pneumocystis jerovecii pneumonia)

   vi.         Malaria

Always conduct initial assessment of the patients involving ABCDE principles as per diagram below;