MANILA, Philippines — The government has reopened three former large quarantine sites as “step-down care facilities” for COVID-19 patients in order to decongest hospitals, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.
According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, recovering coronavirus patients as well as patients who no longer require critical care would be housed in these step-down care facilities which she identified as the Rizal Memorial Coliseum and Ninoy Aquino Stadium in the City of Manila and the Quezon Institute in Quezon City.
She said the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, which has 97 beds, was reopened in the second week of March while the Ninoy Aquino Stadiu…
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