Officials from Shanghai Children's Medical Center serving at Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital indicated that parents, regardless of whether they are positive for COVID-19, can stay with their infected children at makeshift hospitals.
The hospital, located at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, is now fully operational after the remaining half of the hospital, which has 6,600 beds, completed renovations and began accepting patients on Monday night.
The facility, which opened last Thursday, can accommodate up to 15,000 patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms and asymptomatic infections.
At the moment, 11 medical teams with a total of 2,218 medics are stationed at the site. Medics from Shanghai Children's Medical Center reached the site on Monday morning to deal with child patients.
Among the child patients, over 80 percent's parents are also positive to COVID-19 due to infection among family members. They are transported together to the makeshift hospital and stay in the same place. For the small quantity of negative parents, medics also allow them to stay with the kids after informing all the risks.