Tokyo mulls designating hospitals to exclusively treat virus patients

The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering designating two hospitals to exclusively treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus amid a recent rise in cases, according to sources familiar with the issue.The facilities, which will mainly focus on those with mild to moderate symptoms, will be the first in the capital to solely deal with patients of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus.The two institutions eyed for conversion to treat virus patients are Tokai University Tokyo Hospital located in Shibuya Ward, and a facility related to the metropolitan government in…READ FULL ARTICLE