Priority should be given to the elderly who are not able to live independently and willing to check in a nursing home and those who live without a caregiver because their children are working as part of the epidemic control efforts or under quarantine, the ministry said.

 

Nursing homes in county-level regions with no new confirmed infections can admit new applicants who have not visited high-risk places, contacted people from such areas or shown symptoms of COVID-19, it added.

 

The ministry also permits home-based and non-gathering community-based elderly care services in county-level regions with no new confirmed infections.

 

Facilities in high-risk regions and those experiencing an outbreak should stay closed and continue stringent quarantine measures, the ministry said.