Management and operation of extra-large Fangcang hospitals: experience and lessons from containing the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in Shanghai, China

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the reviewers for taking the time and effort necessary to review the manuscript.

Compliance with ethics guidelines

Yun Xian, Chenhao Yu, Minjie Chen, Lin Zhang, Xinyi Zheng, Shijian Li, Erzhen Chen, Zhongwan Chen, Weihua Chen, Chaoying Wang, Qingrong Xu, Tao Han, Weidong Ye, Wenyi Xu, Xu Zhuang, Yu Zheng, Min Chen, Jun Qin, Yu Feng, Shun Wei, Yiling Fan, Zhiruo Zhang, and Junhua Zheng declare that they have no conflict of interest. This manuscript presents a perspective on the management and operation of extra-large Fangcang hospitals and does not involve a research protocol requiring approval by the relevant institutional review board or ethics committee.

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