letter to editor:the way to manage a lack of npir for covid-19 patients

The number of covid-19 infected patients around the world is currently over 9 million already. some countries have received a sudden and direct hit of covid-19 and thus lack of medical supplies has occurred in those countries. there is a significant shortage of negative pressure isolation rooms for covid-19 patients with the most serious symptoms and because of this, the death rate keeps rising at a fast pace. until the vaccine or cure for covid-19 is developed, preventing covid-19 patients from death is more realistic. the early stages of covid-19 should be used to secure treatment for covid-19 patients with severe symptoms as mandatory lower the death rate, also negative pressure isolation room is clearly necessary, otherwise we are likely to see a large second wave of covid-19.we scrutinized the national medical center of south korea's database to find a new way to manage the expected shortage of negative pressure isolation room (npir).