- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced that the hospitals and health facilities have been classified to deal with COVID-19 cases in the country.
- The ministry has also announced that if one person does not follow strict guidelines of social distancing, he or she shall infect 406 people in just 3
- There are three types of COVID-19 health centres to be set up in the country.
- The three types of centres are as follows
- COVID Care Centre
- Dedicated COVID Health Centre
- Dedicated COVID Hospital
COVID Care Centre
- These centres will attend cases that are clinically assigned as very mild or mild.
- They can be hostels, stadiums, schools, lodges, etc.
Dedicated COVID Health Centre
- These centres will attend cases that are assigned as “moderate”.
- These centres will compulsorily have oxygen support in all beds.
- Also, these centres will have dedicated ambulance support equipped with sufficient oxygen support.
Dedicated COVID Hospital
- These hospitals attend cases that have been clinically assigned as “severe”.
- They can be either a complete hospital or a part of the hospital.
- The private hospitals shall also be designated to this category.
- These hospitals will hold complete set up of ICUs, beds with oxygen support and ventilator units.