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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Meaning of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) means an illness caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
            Note: Typical clinical features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) include fever, chills, cough, sore throat, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, pneumonia and new loss of taste and smell.
Death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.