Steps/actions in the fight against COVID-19
| February 24, 2020 | First Crisis Unit at the Gemelli Polyclinic. Creation of specific departments for COVID-19 patients |
| March 6, 2020 | Columbus COVID2 hospital announced |
| March 16, 2020 | Columbus COVID2 hospital opens with the first 21 intensive care beds and 28 inpatient units in isolation. The transfer of the first COVID-19 patients hospitalized in protected areas begins to the Gemelli polyclinic |
| March 31, 2020 | COVID2 hospital is completed and Columbus hospital is opened at full capacity (59 intensive care beds and 100 beds in single rooms) |
| April 2, 2020 | The Marriott hotel offers 162 beds for post-acute low-intensity care patients awaiting negative COVID-19 test results |
| April 27, 2020 | In Italy, 151 doctors had died of COVID-19, according to national federation of surgeons and dentists figures. At the Gemelli 34 staff of a total 5,000 tested positive |
| May 4, 2020 | The beds at the Gemelli for COVID patients were confined to 2 “infected wards.” All positive patients admitted directly to the Columbus. |
| February 24, 2020 | First Crisis Unit at the Gemelli Polyclinic. Creation of specific departments for COVID-19 patients |
| March 6, 2020 | Columbus COVID2 hospital announced |
| March 16, 2020 | Columbus COVID2 hospital opens with the first 21 intensive care beds and 28 inpatient units in isolation. The transfer of the first COVID-19 patients hospitalized in protected areas begins to the Gemelli polyclinic |
| March 31, 2020 | COVID2 hospital is completed and Columbus hospital is opened at full capacity (59 intensive care beds and 100 beds in single rooms) |
| April 2, 2020 | The Marriott hotel offers 162 beds for post-acute low-intensity care patients awaiting negative COVID-19 test results |
| April 27, 2020 | In Italy, 151 doctors had died of COVID-19, according to national federation of surgeons and dentists figures. At the Gemelli 34 staff of a total 5,000 tested positive |
| May 4, 2020 | The beds at the Gemelli for COVID patients were confined to 2 “infected wards.” All positive patients admitted directly to the Columbus. |
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