CECC’s home care policy prevented overburden: groupStaff writer, with CNAA government policy of providing home care for people with cases of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 was successful in limiting hospital admissions as the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) sought to effectively allocate health resources, the Taiwan Medical Association said on Sunday. The CECC introduced the policy after the daily number of COVID-19 cases rose past 1,500 on April 19. Local governments then activated their home isolation schemes, in accordance with the CECC’s guidelines for home care management of confirmed mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. The medical home care of confirmed COVID-19 cases includes remote consultations with doctors, and the remote prescription and home delivery of medicine, Chuang said. “In the absence of such services, the number of deaths could have been much higher during the latest wave of COVID-19 infections,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times November 15, 2022 03:57 UTC