College dorms and hotels are just some of the places that are being looked at by various agencies across the country to become either temporary hospitals or quarantine facilities for the growing number of novel coronavirus cases.
Dr. Jerome Adams explains the urgency to contain the virus in the U.S. as federal health care officials continue to examine China and Italy.
"It's frustrating to have nothing happening, not have a normal routine, and frustrating to put those feelings of concern aside, having to ignore that," she told ABC News.Buildings on the campus of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Dec. 7, 2016.At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, some students were moved out from their dorms on short notice as the school tried to find quarantine places for COVID-19-affected individuals.
But Tufts president Anthony Monaco told ABC News he is urging schools to go further than isolating their students."I believe strongly that we have a civic duty to prepare now to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and save lives in the future," Monaco said in a statement to ABC News."We and other institutions of higher education must step up and prepare to help relieve the pressures on our healthcare system as this virus continues to spread.
In some states, rather than looking at colleges, the mission so far is to look at vacant facilities that could be used to treat patients, such as hospitals that have been previously closed. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has also said that the state is actively looking into turning college dorms into quarantine centers and that it is"on the list of projects we want to talk to the Army Corps about.
In Ohio, health officials say empty nursing homes wings and entire hotel floors are among the sites being looked at as possible make-shift health care facilities should hospitals reach their surge capacity, Ohio Health Association President Mike Abrams told ABC News.
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