- The city of Wuhan, China, finished building its first emergency hospital for coronavirus patients on Sunday. The construction took just ten days.
- The patients started arriving at the hospital on Monday, the Associated Press reported.
- The 645,000-square-foot hospital is made up of two floors and has 30 intensive care units, several isolation wards, and 1,000 beds, the AP reported.
- It also has special double-sided cabinets that connect patients' rooms to hallways so that staff to deliver supplies without entering the rooms, the news agency said.
- Scroll down to see photos inside the brand-new hospital.
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The city of Wuhan, China, finished building its first emergency hospital dedicated to treating patients of the deadly coronavirus on Sunday. It took just ten days from start to finish.
The first patients arrived at the panic-built Huoshenshan Hospital on Monday, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Their identities are not yet known.
The new hospital spans two floors and 60,000 square meters (645,000 square feet), and has 1,000 beds, the AP reported. China's People's Liberation Army has sent 1,400 medical workers to staff it, state media reported.
It is one of two buildings being panic-built in Wuhan to treat the rapidly-spreading virus, which has now killed 362 and infected more than 170,000. The second facility is to be completed later this week.
Take a look inside the Huoshenshan Hospital: