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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 22;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201539. Online ahead of print.
Community Treatment Centers for Isolation of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients With Coronavirus Disease, South Korea
Won Suk Choi, Hyoung Seop Kim, Bongyoung Kim, Soomin Nam, Jang Wook Sohn
Abstract
As a part of measures to decrease spikes in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and deaths outside of hospitals, the government of South Korea introduced a plan for community treatment centers (CTCs) to isolate and monitor patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms. We assessed outcomes of 568 patients admitted to 3 CTCs near Daegu. More (64.6%) women than men (35.4%) were admitted, and the mean age of patients was 36.0 years (SD +15.0 years). Among all patients, 75.7% remained asymptomatic while at the CTCs. The mean time patients remained at CTCs was 19.6 days (SD +5.8 days) from the day of diagnosis until our study ended on March 23, 2020. Because they offer appropriate clinical triaging and daily monitoring for patients, CTCs are a safe alternative to medical institutions for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with COVID-19.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; extended care facilities; isolation; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jun 22;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201539. Online ahead of print.
Community Treatment Centers for Isolation of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients With Coronavirus Disease, South Korea
Won Suk Choi, Hyoung Seop Kim, Bongyoung Kim, Soomin Nam, Jang Wook Sohn
- PMID: 32568663
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.201539
Abstract
As a part of measures to decrease spikes in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and deaths outside of hospitals, the government of South Korea introduced a plan for community treatment centers (CTCs) to isolate and monitor patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms. We assessed outcomes of 568 patients admitted to 3 CTCs near Daegu. More (64.6%) women than men (35.4%) were admitted, and the mean age of patients was 36.0 years (SD +15.0 years). Among all patients, 75.7% remained asymptomatic while at the CTCs. The mean time patients remained at CTCs was 19.6 days (SD +5.8 days) from the day of diagnosis until our study ended on March 23, 2020. Because they offer appropriate clinical triaging and daily monitoring for patients, CTCs are a safe alternative to medical institutions for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with COVID-19.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; extended care facilities; isolation; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.