Site Selection of Isolation Hospital for Coronavirus Patients in Nile Delta, Egypt, Using GIS Technology

Table 5

The deduced criteria used to select coronavirus patient isolation hospitals.

Description	Criteria
The population of the Nile Delta Egypt governorates that occupies the study area	Population density
The spacing rate between urban areas (buffer: 20 km)	Urban shops (list cities)
Delta governorate roads, whether main or secondary roads	Road network
Electricity lines, sewage, phone, and water lines	Infrastructure
Factories, quarries, and workshops in the delta governorates	Industrial zones
Existing hospitals and medical centers in the delta governorates	Current hospital sites
The railways in the delta	Railways
The output of use of medical instruments and materials used in coronavirus (COVID-19)	Landfill sites