Fangcang shelter hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic, Wuhan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To design models of the spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan and the effect of Fangcang shelter hospitals (rapidly-built temporary hospitals) on the control of the epidemic.

Methods

We used data on daily reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, recovered cases and deaths from the official website of the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission to build compartmental models for three phases of the COVID-19 epidemic. We incorporated the hospital-bed capacity of both designated and Fangcang shelter hospitals. We used the models to assess the success of the strategy adopted in Wuhan to control the COVID-19 epidemic.

Findings

Based on the 13 348 Fangcang shelter hospitals beds used in practice, our models show that if the Fangcang shelter hospitals had be

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716094 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature