Guangzhou Closes Most of Its Makeshift Covid Hospitals

What’s new: The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou is closing most of the city’s makeshift hospitals called “Fangcang,” built primarily to isolate Covid patients, after authorities switched their focus to improving their medical capacity following a major easing of virus restrictions.

A local hospital staff member told Caixin that the remaining Fangcang hospitals will be turned into “sub-designated” hospitals, used primarily for treating two types of Covid patients — those with moderate symptoms and seniors with no or mild symptoms who also have underlying conditions such as heart disease or tumors but are in stable condition.