Table 1.

The criteria for patient admission, transfer and discharge in Lingang Fangcang.

No.	Admission criteria	Transfer criteria	Discharge criteria
1	Asymptomatic or mild symptoms	Respiratory distress, respiratory rate≥30 breathes per min	The body temperature is normal for more than 3 days
2	Have the ability to live and walk independently. The one without any self-care ability should stay with family attendant.	SpO2 ≤ 93% in resting state	Negative test of respiratory virus nucleic acid for 2 consecutive times (sampling time interval is at least 1 day)
3	SpO2>95% and respiratory rate<30 breathes per min in resting state	Cases with chronic diseases deteriorate to decompensation stage	Without oxygen inhalation, SpO2>95%
4.	Cases with chronic diseases, including heart, lung, kidney, brain diseases, were not suffering acute decompensation stage.		Respiratory symptoms improved significantly*
5.	Non-pregnant
6.	Child <14 years of age needs to stay with a family member
7.	No history of mental illness, HIV and active tuberculosis
8.	Cancer patient who is not undergoing chemotherapy

SpO2 was measured by hand hold pulse oximeter. * This item was one of discharge criteria and a subjective evaluation from patients.