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China Sends 168 Elderly Caregivers to Wuhan
Time: 11:15 Dec-16
Author:BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) — China has dispatched 168 caregivers specializing in elderly care to Wuhan, epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Yu Jianliang, an official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said Monday.
A total of 118 caregivers were sent from three other provinces, and the other 50 were sent from other cities of Hubei Province to Wuhan for one-on-one support, Yu said at a press conference.
In regions with a milder epidemic situation, especially those areas without confirmed cases, nursing personnel and newly hired elderly caregivers who are qualified in health checks can resume working with the permission of local authorities, Yu said.
In medium- and high-risk regions, elderly caregivers should be quarantined for 14 days in accordance with the relevant prevention and control requirements and confirmed to have no infections or any symptoms before going back to work, he added.
Wuhan has only more than 3,000 nursing personnel helping over 20,000 elderly people in nursing homes, Yu said, adding that some elderly caregivers were quarantined due to the epidemic, which exacerbated the shortage of elderly care personnel.
(Source: Xinhua)
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