The government’s COVID-19 subcommittee on Friday approved a plan to allow the lifting of quasi-emergency measures as long as health care systems are not overwhelmed, even if daily case counts remain high.
The criteria will include occupancy rates for hospital beds set aside for COVID-19 patients and other factors that could contribute to straining health care systems.
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