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cord-298191-sqfx171j	Ga, Hyuk	The Korean Geriatrics Society COVID-19 Strategy for Older Adults	2020-06-26		.txt	text/plain	709	57	64	strategies for long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) among those for LTCFs. LTCHs are a wide-spread unique form of hospitals for frail and activities of daily living (ADL)-dependent older people in Korea; however, we assumed that the strategies for LTCHs are similar to those for LTCFs (nursing homes). 12, 13) Second, we emphasized the importance of wearing facemasks regularly even in encounters with older adults or healthcare workers without respiratory symptoms, as 5% to 75% of positive cases are reportedly asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers. In addition, the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare issued a temporary regulation that permits telephone-based consultation and prescription and covers half of the expenses for COVID-19 testing for all new inpatients of LTCHs. 11) On May 2, 2020, the KCDC announced zero positive cases from randomly-screened samples from among 6,544 residents and care assistants of 46 LTCHs in the Seoul area. COVID-19: the case for health-care worker screening to prevent hospital transmission	./cache/cord-298191-sqfx171j.txt	./txt/cord-298191-sqfx171j.txt