| Priority | IDSA guidance[1] |
| First/High priority | - Critically ill patients receiving ICU-level care with unexplained viral pneumonia or respiratory failure (regardless of travel or exposure history)
- Any individual (including health care workers) with fever or features of a lower respiratory tract illness and close contact with patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within 14 days of symptom onset (including all residents of long-term care facilities with a confirmed case)
- Individuals with fever or features of a lower respiratory tract illness who are also immunosuppressed (including patients with HIV), older, or have underlying chronic health conditions
- Individuals with fever or features of a lower respiratory tract illness who are critical to the pandemic response, including health care workers, public health officials, and other essential leaders
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| Second/Priority | - Non-ICU hospitalized patients and long-term care residents with unexplained fever and features of a lower respiratory tract illness*¶
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| Third | - Outpatients who meet criteria for influenza testing (eg, symptoms such as fever, cough, and other suggestive respiratory symptoms plus comorbid conditions, such as diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, age >50 years, immunocompromising conditions); testing of outpatient pregnant women and symptomatic children with similar risk factors is also included in this priority level*
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| Fourth | - Community surveillance as directed by public health and/or infectious diseases authorities
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