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110 2 _aWorld Health Organization.
_bRegional Office for the Western Pacific
245 0 0 _aRepurposing facilities for isolation and management of mild COVID-19 cases
260 _aManila :
_bWHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific,
_c[2020].
300 _a5 pages.
336 _2rdacontent
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337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarier
_avolume
520 3 _aDuring the novel coronavirus disease (‎COVID-19)‎ pandemic, the worldwide attention has been drawn to emergency response to cope with surge in limited healthcare resource settings. Some countries have developed novel strategies in transforming non-health facilities public facilities and hotel accommodations into temporary isolation facilities for managing mild COVID-19 patients who do not require hospitalization. These strategies have proven effective in allocating the limited health-care resources more efficiently. This interim guidance provides stepwise recommendations on minimum standards of repurposing existing premises into isolation facilities to cope with the surge of patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms who do not require immediate hospitalization.
650 2 _aCoronavirus Infections
650 2 _aInfection Control
650 2 _aDisease Outbreaks
650 2 _aCOVID-19
650 2 _aBetacoronavirus
856 _uhttps://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332273/WPR-DSE-2020-006-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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