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China Rushes To Build New Hospital Within 10 Days As Coronavirus Kills 26
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January 24, 2020 18:43 IST
China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reported Friday.
The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by February 3 to serve a rising number of patients infected by a coronavirus that has left at least 26 people dead and millions on lockdown in an effort to curb its spread . . . .
It will have a capacity of 1,000 beds spread over 25,000 square metres, the official Xinhua news agency said . . . .
In 2003 China erected a hospital on Beijing's rural outskirts in barely a week to cater to a rapidly rising number of patients suffering from SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which killed 349 people in mainland China and 299 in Hong Kong in 2002-2003.
Xiaotangshan Hospital consisted of prefabricated structures and Xinhua reported Friday that Wuhan was building the new facility based on the same model . . . .
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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chin...lls-26-2169281
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It takes more like 6-8 years to build a hospital in San Francisco.
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