PHASES TO CONSIDER DURING THE EVOLUTION OF THE PANDEMIC
PHASES	I (almost normal)	II (mild alert)	III (medium alert)	IV (high alert)	V (emergency)
% COVID patients hospitalized in regular ward and ICU	<5%	5-25%	25-50%	50-75%	>75%
Emergency care triage	No	Yes (patients with respiratory symptoms vs others)
Human resources and supplies	No impact	No impact but resources are reserved, given the pandemic	Impact on resources with hospital floors and ICU beds reserved for the pandemic	Impact on resources and health professionals	Significant impact with limited ICU beds and ventilatory support resources
Surgical activities	Normal	Oncological urgencies (if escalation is ascending, consider phase III); preferably benign (only consider if in descending phase)	Oncological urgencies (no surgeries in at least three months, could compromise survival; no neoadjuvant option as an alternative; no need for prolonged stays in ICU)	Urgencies	Nondeferrable urgencies and after a preoperative triage based on the ethics committee