The health ministry said it will advise hospitals to actively consider releasing COVID-19 patients as early as four days after hospitalization if they do not require oxygen or are not in a worse condition.
Starting from the day following the date of admission, the ministry says patients not in need of supplemental oxygen, or those whose symptoms have not worsened on the fourth day or later, as having a lower chance of becoming severely ill.
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