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Effective strategies used include use of thermal infrared cameras to screen everyone entering the hospital for fever, limiting access to the hospital, establishing an outdoor pharmacy, and limiting patient visitors.

Comment: Authors correctly state that a failure to identify COVID-19 cases in a timely fashion can paralyze a medical center and disrupt public health systems.



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