Construction of a non-contact community treatment centre for asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Si Hyun Kim; Youn Jeong Kim; Yeon Jeong Jeong; Ji Hye Park; Shin Young Lee; Mi Sun Choi; Sang Yong Kim

doi:10.1017/S0950268821000996

Construction of a non-contact community treatment centre for asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Si Hyun Kim
, Youn Jeong Kim
, Yeon Jeong Jeong
, Ji Hye Park
, Shin Young Lee
, Mi Sun Choi
, Sang Yong Kim

Division of Infectious Disease

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Abstract

The explosive outbreak of COVID-19 led to a shortage of medical resources, including isolation rooms in hospitals, healthcare workers (HCWs) and personal protective equipment. Here, we constructed a new model, non-contact community treatment centres to monitor and quarantine asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients who recorded their own vital signs using a smartphone application. This new model in Korea is useful to overcome shortages of medical resources and to minimise the risk of infection transmission to HCWs.

Original language	English
Article number	e111
Journal	Epidemiology and Infection
Volume	149
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268821000996
State	Published - 2021

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COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
infection prevention

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Construction of a non-contact community treatment centre for asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

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