While Wuhan is racing to build two new coronavirus hospitals within days, millions watch the construction streamed live


Medics in Wuhan, the city of 11 million people where the virus originated, have described overcrowded hospitals and a shortage of test kits, protective gear, and other medical equipment. To alleviate this pressure, city authorities last Friday announced plans to build a new hospital from scratch in just six days, to be used beginning February 3.



Chinese officials are under increasing pressure to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has already claimed the lives of at least 130 people and is quickly spreading around the world.

The epidemic originated in Wuhan, the most populous city in Central China and home to more than 11 million, where authorities have begun erecting two large emergency hospitals that are set to be commissioned on February 3 (Huoshenshan Hospital with a 1,000-bed capacity) and February 5 (Leishenshan Hospital, 1,300 beds), respectively.

Construction feed via CGTN on YouTube

Chinese state media has been live-streaming the round-the-clock construction efforts, and huge audiences have been closely following — a mild boredom relieve for millions of people that have been advised not to go outside to limit the chances of contagion.

Still from the construction live-stream on January 30 (local time). Source: CCTV

Shanghai Daily reports that "netizens have been carefully scrutinizing the construction...

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