World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific creator text Manila WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific [2020] monographic eng

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5 pages. During 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. Coronavirus Infections Infection Control Disease Outbreaks COVID-19 Betacoronavirus https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332273/WPR-DSE-2020-006-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332273/WPR-DSE-2020-006-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 210112 20210112114552.0 D0001C000109