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Moscow, Apr 21 (AFP) An 800-bed hospital that was hastily built to treat coronavirus patients has opened outside Russia's capital Moscow, city officials said on Tuesday.The clinic, 70 kilometres (40 miles) south of Moscow, was inspired by a coronavirus facility in the Chinese province of Wuhan, officials said, and was built in a month."Unlike similar facilities that open in many countries to fight COVID-19, this in-patient facility will work on a permanent basis," Moscow city hall said in a statement."After the pandemic is over any types of infections will be treated here." Cranes and heavy building equipment still dot the site and construction work is still going on, an AFP journalist who visited the facility on Monday said.Yet the hospital already employs 500 staff and has admitted its first 20 patients, city hall said.The clinic may expand its capacity by 100 beds and will eventually employ more than 1,000 medical specialists, the statement said.The complex is equipped with a lab and a dormitory for staff.More than 3,000 workers raced to complete the clinic after construction began in March.The outbreak has put a huge strain on hospitals in Moscow, which is the epicentre of the epidemic in Russia, and President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that the peak of the infection has not yet passed.Health officials on Tuesday reported 52,763 coronavirus cases and 456 fatalities. (AFP) RS RS

Moscow unveils Chinese-inspired coronavirus hospital

Getty ImagesPhotos inside NHS Nightingale, the UK's makeshift hospital for coronavirus patients.<ul class="summary-list"><li>The UK has built an entire makeshift hospital inside a London conference center to accommodate a new wave of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-news">coronavirus</a> patients.</li><li>NHS Nightingale was completed on March 31, and authorities are currently fitting it out with beds. It will have 4,000 beds and two temporary morgues upon completion, and be the largest hospital in the UK.</li><li>Army field hospital experts had converted the center into a fully-functioning hospital in just nine days.</li><li>Though the National Health Service (NHS) has not said when exactly the hospital will start operating, it confirmed that the first 500 patients will be admitted this week.</li><li>Scroll down to see what NHS Nightingale looks like.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>British health authorities have completed work on a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-uk-turns-london-conference-venue-excel-centre-covid-hospital-2020-3">makeshift coronavirus hospital</a> in east London, which had been built from scratch in just nine days.NHS Nightingale, which is located inside the ExCeL conference center, will admit admitting its first patients this week. The center is normally used for large trade fairs and conventions.Authorities are currently fitting out the hospital with beds. The hospital will eventually have 4,000 beds and two temporary morgues, and be the largest hospital in the UK.Some 200 British Army soldiers tirelessly worked alongside National Health Service (NHS) staff and civilian contractors every day to convert the center into a field hospital, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/01/we-drew-up-the-plan-over-a-brew-inside-operation-nightingale">The Guardian reported</a>.As of April 1, the UK has recorded <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-britain-united-kingdom-infection-deaths-symptoms-2020-3">more than 29,000 coronavirus cases and more than 2,300 deaths</a>.<a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html"></a>Scroll down to see what NHS Nightingale looks like.Do you have a personal experience with the coronavirus you'd like to share? Or a tip on how your town or community is handling the pandemic? Please email <a href="mailto:covidtips@businessinsider.com">covidtips@businessinsider.com</a> and tell us your story.And get the latest <a href="/coronavirus-business-impact">coronavirus analysis and research</a> from Business Insider Intelligence on how COVID-19 is impacting businesses.

Photos inside NHS Nightingale, the 4,000-bed makeshift coronavirus hospital in London that took 9 days to build

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US is recording a second surge of <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> cases center in the South and West, after states in the Northeast got their outbreaks under control.</li><li>Coronavirus hospitalizations in the US started going up again on June 21.</li><li>Before that, hospitalizations in the US had fallen for two months.</li><li>As total case counts continue to climb, the surge in hospitalizations is a worrisome trend that suggest the <keyword id="43587" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic">pandemic</keyword> is about to get a whole lot worse in the US.</li></ul>After weeks of falling, coronavirus cases are increasing in the US.And while hospitalizations related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, had been steadily declining, they've started to climb again this week, too.As <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/floridas-daily-coronavirus-cases-since-reopening-2020-6">case counts continue to rise</a>, the surge in hospitalizations suggests the pandemic is about to strain the US <keyword id="6354525" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="healthcare">healthcare</keyword> system.Already, hospitals <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/banner-health-coronavirus-leader-on-rising-case-count-in-arizona-2020-6">in states like Arizona</a> that are experiencing surges in hospitalizations are sounding the alarm. By June 8, the number of people on ventilators quadrupled since the state reopened on <a href="https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2020/05/governor-ducey-announces-next-phase-arizona-recovery">May 15</a>. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/25/texas-elective-surgeries-coronavirus-greg-abbott/">banned elective surgeries in four counties to preserve bed space</a> and paused plans for any further reopenings, as statewide hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have hit record highs. Florida's <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-coronavirus-icu-bed-reporting-rules-change-20200623-dmf4p5nf3few5mvjvh53vixewm-story.html">intensive care unit capacity</a> has been strained as it encounters a surge in new cases. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/power-players-leading-the-race-for-coronavirus-drugs-and-vaccines">Meet the 14 top drug industry execs who are leading the sprint to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines in record time</a>Here's a look at how US COVID-19 cases compare to COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to data compiled by <a href="https://covidtracking.com/data/us-daily">The Covid Tracking Project</a>.To be sure, in the months since the pandemic first hit the US, the country <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/char-coronavirus-positive-test-rate-us-compared-to-12-countries-2020-6">has drastically ramped up its testing</a>. We are now <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-coronavirus-infection-rate-80-times-higher-in-march-2020-6">picking up more mild cases of the disease</a>, which will likely mean that hospitalizations won't track cases as closely at it did in the early days of the pandemic.<div type="image" title="US daily covid 19 cases vs hospitalizations" height="1437" width="1667" msid="76646948" hostid="261"></div>

Coronavirus hospitalizations are surging again in the US after dropping for 2 straight months — and the spike in new cases suggests it'll get far worse

<ul class="summary-list"><li>China seemed to score a major victory in its fight against the coronavirus by building two new hospitals in an extremely short time, promising 2,600 new beds.</li><li>Chinese state media <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1178780.shtml">lauded the lightning-speed construction</a> of the makeshift hospitals, saying that it reflected the "nation's building prowess." </li><li>However, official data shows that the facilities have been slow to treat actual patients.</li><li>As of February 12 the two facilities were only housing 1,136 patients - less than 50% of their goal.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1">The virus has killed at least 1,360 people and infected more than 60,000</a> worldwide, with the Wuhan area the worst-hit. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>It was probably China's biggest propaganda coup of the coronavirus outbreak: announcing and building two complete new hospitals in a timeframe that was almost incomprehensible in the West.Chinese state media live-streamed frantic construction efforts as first the Huoshenshan and then the Leishenshan hospitals sprung up out of nowhere, the first built in 10 days and the second in 12.They were to provide sorely-needed new beds for victims of the outbreak: 1,000 at Huoshenshan and 1,600 at Leishenshan.The official Xinhua news agency <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/02/c_138750288.htm">called the quick turnaround</a> "Mission Impossible made possible." Cameras toured the fresh-built facilities and noted that patients were being moved in already.However, official data shows that the actual usefulness of the hospitals has yet to match the pace or spectacle of their construction, with the facilities running at less than half their projected 2,600 capacity.Here is a graph showing the number of occupied beds reported each day by local officials:This chart shows the raw figures:<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 0%; height: 252px;" border="1"><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Date</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">Leishenshan Beds</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">Huoshenshan Beds</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 2</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">0</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">0</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 3</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">0</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">50</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 4</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">0</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">45</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 5</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">0</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">76</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 6</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">0</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">86</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 7</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">0</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">86</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 8</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">30</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">286</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 9</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">85</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">382</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 10</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">88</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">803</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 11</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">90</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">924</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 21px;">Feb 12</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">123</td><td style="width: 33.2484%; height: 21px;">1,013</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 33.3333%;">CAPACITY</td><td style="width: 33.2484%;">1,600</td><td style="width: 33.2484%;">1,000</td></tr></tbody></table>Overall, both hospitals only had 1,136 beds occupied out of a possible 2,600 beds available by February 12 - less than half of the patients they are eventually meant to treat.It is not clear what is responsible for the mismatch between the hospitals' notional capacity and the reality.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/12/what-chinas-empty-new-coronavirus-hospitals-say-about-its-secretive-system">According to The Guardian</a>, elsewhere in the city there is a dire shortage of space, with exhibition centers and sports halls being converted into makeshift medical sites.The virus has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1">killed at least 1,360 people and infected more than 60,000</a> worldwide. The majority of the cases have been recorded in the Hubei province, where Wuhan is the largest city.On Thursday, Hubei officials reported an enormous spike in cases, reporting 14,840 extra infections.Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/united-american-airlines-suspend-hong-kong-service-as-coronavirus-saps-demand-11580897463">officials said</a> that major hospitals had to turn away patients because they were lacking beds and adequate medical resources. "The medical resources in Wuhan, especially the ICU team, are not enough to deal with this severe treatment," Jiang Rongmeng, a member of the Chinese National Health Commission's team, said earlier this month, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/united-american-airlines-suspend-hong-kong-service-as-coronavirus-saps-demand-11580897463">The Wall Street Journal</a>. State news agency <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/12/c_138778352.htm">Xinhua</a> said on Wednesday that the number of designated hospitals in Wuhan treating coronavirus patients has risen to 40. The two new hospitals, it said, would be used to treat patients in severe or critical condition. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-prevent-wuhan-coronavirus-hygiene-hand-washing-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">The Wuhan coronavirus is now found on doorknobs, another reason that washing your hands is better than wearing a mask</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-plane-lands-youtuber-james-potok-virus-joke-westjet-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">An Instagrammer tried to make a viral video by joking he might have coronavirus on a plane. Instead he forced an emergency landing and got arrested.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-in-30-seconds-deaths-cases-maps-countries-quarantines-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">Everything you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak in 30</a></li></ul>

China boasted that it built two new coronavirus hospitals in 12 days. But they're treating less than half the people they're supposed to.

Moscow, May 12 (AP) A fire Tuesday morning at St. George Hospital in St. Petersburg killed five coronavirus patients who were on ventilators, Russian emergency officials said.The unnamed emergency officials spoke to the state Tass new agency.The fire broke out in an intensive care unit and was put out within half an hour. It could have been caused by a faulty ventilator, the Interfax news agency reported, citing anonymous sources.Police in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, have launched a criminal investigation into the fire.It was not the first deadly fire in a coronavirus hospital in Russia. On Saturday, a fire in the Spasokukotsky Hospital in Moscow killed one patient.Russia has reported more than 220,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 2,009 deaths - numbers that international health officials say significantly undercount the true toll of Russia's outbreak. Treating coronavirus patients has put a strain on the country's vastly outdated health care infrastructure. (AP) AMSAMS

Fire at Russian hospital kills 5 coronavirus patients

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">Coronavirus</keyword> hospitalizations are on the rise in <keyword id="6355838" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york">New York</keyword> state, which was the center of the virus outbreak for months in the spring. </li><li>As of Sunday, there were 878 hospitalizations in the state, up 97% from September 1, <a href="https://forward.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary-region">according to state data</a>. </li><li>However, the number of deaths remain low, with 12 recorded on Sunday, <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-during-covid-19-pandemic-46">according to the state</a>. At the height of the pandemic in April, the state peaked at 799 deaths in a single day.</li><li>Gov. <keyword id="196530" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Andrew-Cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</keyword> has blamed the rise in hospitalizations on virus hotspots that the state is monitoring, which are largely Orthodox Jewish communities.</li></ul>New York state is experiencing a dramatic rise in coronavirus hospitalizations, which are up 97% from September 1.On Sunday, 878 people in the state were reported as being currently hospitalized, compared to 445 on September 1, <a href="https://forward.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary-region">according to state data</a>. The 97% increase <a href="https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/10/coronavirus-in-ny-hospitalizations-rise-to-878-up-over-97-since-sept-1.html">first reported by Syracuse.com</a>.The number of patients in intensive care is also up by 58% since September 1. The state recorded <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-during-covid-19-pandemic-46">185</a> people in intensive care units on Sunday, compared to <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/audio-rush-transcript-governor-cuomo-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-during-covid-19-4">117</a> on September 1.The seven-day rolling average of hospital beds available across the reason remain at 25%, and average share of ICU beds across the region at 36%, <a href="https://forward.ny.gov/early-warning-monitoring-dashboard">state data said</a>.The number of coronavirus deaths in New York remain low, however, with the state <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-during-covid-19-pandemic-46">saying</a> it had recorded 12 new deaths on Sunday. For comparison, statewide deaths reached a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-death-count.html">high of 799</a> at the virus' peak in the region in April.The rise in hospitalizations is no doubt a concern for New Yorkers who weathered what was, at one point, the largest outbreak in the US.But Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to ease some of those concerns in a <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-during-covid-19-pandemic-46">Monday conference call with reporters</a>, blaming the hospitalizations on a select number of hotspots in the state.<div type="image" title="andrew cuomo" height="1333" width="2000" msid="78640108" hostid="261"></div>The governor blamed the increase in hospitalizations on coronavirus clusters throughout the state that public-health officials are monitoring.These "red zone" areas — which include parts of Brooklyn and Queens, as well as Broome, Orange, and Rockland counties — have since Friday been under new lockdown regulations, which closed schools and nonessential businesses, and banned large gatherings and religious ceremonies over 10 people. The move to limit religious gatherings has largely angered New York's Orthodox Jewish communities, which believe the state is infringing upon their rights to worship.Last week, members of one such community <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-orthodox-jews-protest-local-lockdown-face-masks-bonfire-2020-10">started a bonfire in the middle of a Brooklyn street</a>, where they burned face masks in protest of the new measures.<div type="image" title="gathered around fire" height="1125" width="2000" msid="78640112" hostid="261"></div>In a Sunday call with reporters, Cuomo said that the infections are predominantly coming from Jewish communities which have continued to hold large religious services, according to the <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-COVID-19-hospitalizations-up-73-percent-15637694.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Times Union</a>. "I understand the desire to hold large religious ceremonies," Cuomo said. "I understand how important it is to their culture and religion. I also understand that it, as a matter of fact, jeopardizes human life."

Coronavirus hospitalizations in New York state are up 97% since September 1, with Gov. Cuomo largely blaming virus hotspots

<ul class="summary-list"><li>All 50 states have taken steps toward reopening and several have reported an increase in <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> hospitalizations.</li><li>"It's a small uptick, but it is an uptick, and it is unmistakable, and it is probably a result of reopening," <keyword id="4278668" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="scott-gottlieb">Scott Gottlieb</keyword>, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, told CNBC.</li><li>Beaches were packed over Memorial Day weekend, with revelers, who weren't using personal protective equipment, ignoring social distancing guidelines.</li><li>"I'm concerned that there are people who think that this is the all-clear," Gottlieb added. "I think what we really need to be doing is defining a new normal. We're going to need to live differently until we get to a vaccine."</li></ul>Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb blamed a recent uptick in coronavirus hospitalizations on states that had already reopened."We now see a trend in an uptick in hospitalizations. It's a small uptick, but it is an uptick, and it is unmistakable, and it is probably a result of reopening," he said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1265231537458511874">CNBC interview Tuesday</a>. "We expected cases to go up and hospitalizations to bump up when we reopened."A slew of states — including Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Maryland, Florida, Mississippi, and Wisconsin — have reported an increase in hospitalization rates, Gottlieb said, despite reopening incrementally."We're going to have to watch it," he said. "We expected this … But we are going to see cases go up as we reopen the <keyword id="34412" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="economy">economy</keyword> and our social lives."Although hopeful that the "seasonal effect" of high temperatures and humidity will "offset" the impact of social interactions as warm weather beckons more people outdoors, Gottlieb urged caution."I'm concerned that there are people who think that this is the all-clear," he told <a href="https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1265231020426702849">CNBC</a>. "I think what we really need to be doing is defining a new normal. We're going to need to live differently until we get to a vaccine."But footage from the Memorial Day weekend showed quite the opposite, with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beaches-packed-memorial-day-weekend-crowds-flout-social-distancing-warnings-2020-5">massive crowds on beaches</a>."Disney is closed, Universal is closed. Everything is closed, so where did everybody come with the first warm day with 50% opening? Everybody came to the beach," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said about throngs of beachgoers in the Daytona Beach area of Florida.And they weren't the only offenders.Missouri health officials were forced to ask people filmed at pool parties at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/party-goers-lake-ozarks-told-self-isolate-2-weeks-2020-5">Lake of the Ozarks</a> to self-isolate. Gottlieb said he's not suggesting that "we can't enjoy certain things or go back to work," but that people need to have a different approach to returning to work and participating in social activities.He encouraged people to think about "fewer social interactions" and to use personal protective equipment. He also recommended finding a "few people that you're willing to interact with that you trust" because engaging with large social groups with unfamiliar people can be dangerous."That's a set up for a lot of risk," Gottlieb said.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-fda-commissioner-expects-increase-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-states-reopen-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

Former FDA commissioner says reopened states are to blame for an increase in coronavirus hospitalizations

China Daily via REUTERSA worker sets up beds at the Hongshan Stadium to convert it into a makeshift hospital following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 4, 2020.<ul class="summary-list"><li>Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed 426 people and spread to over 20,000 people in more than two dozen countries, is scrambling to build makeshift shelter hospitals at civilian facilities.</li><li>The city began transforming a local sports stadium, exhibition center, and cultural complex into medical facilities with as many as 3,400 beds late Monday, Chinese state media <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1178437.shtml">reported</a>.</li><li>These makeshift shelter hospitals will be used to provide emergency aid, treatment, and clinical examination services for patients with mild coronavirus symptoms.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Still short on suitable medical facilities, Wuhan, the epicenter of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1">novel coronavirus outbreak</a>, is scrambling to turn sports stadiums and other buildings into makeshift shelter hospitals.Late Monday, the city began to turn Hongshan Gymnasium, the Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center, and a cultural complex known as the "Wuhan Living Room" into hospitals. These emergency care facilities will have around 3,400 beds in total, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1178437.shtml">reported</a>.Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesWorkers arrange beds in a 2,000-bed mobile hospital set up in an exhibition center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, Feb. 04, 2020.Wuhan <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-wuhan-coronavirus-china-completes-emergency-hospital-eight-days-2020-2">panic-built Huoshenshan Hospital</a>, a working hospital with 1,000 beds, in just 10 days, and another quickly constructed medical facility, Leishenshan Hospital with around 1,600 beds, is expected to open Wednesday at the earliest.Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesHuoshenshan Hospital construction nears completion on February 3, 2020 in Wuhan, China. After only 10 days of construction, Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital was officially completed and delivered, and on February 3, patients with newly diagnosed coronavirus pneumonia were admitted.Wuhan has 46 hospitals and 61 suitable clinics available, but as the virus continues to spread, hitting the city hard, Hubei's provincial capital is in need of additional care facilities.Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesWorkers lay beds in the Wuhan living room exhibition center, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, February 4, 2020.Chinese state-broadcaster CGTN <a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-02-04/Wuhan-builds-shelter-hospitals-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-NO2cWce4ww/index.html">reported</a> that these shelter hospitals will be primarily used for "emergency aid, surgical treatment, and clinical examination." These facilities will be for individuals with mild coronavirus symptoms. The makeshift hospitals plan to begin receiving patients Tuesday evening.As of Tuesday, the Wuhan coronavirus had killed 426 people and spread to more than 20,000 people in over two dozen different countries. The city of Wuhan, <a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-02-04/Wuhan-builds-shelter-hospitals-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-NO2cWce4ww/index.html">according</a> to state media, has suffered 313 deaths with 6,380 cases of infection.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-avoid-wuhan-coronavirus-cdc-recommendations-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">The CDC recommends 3 things you can do to keep from getting Wuhan coronavirus, and 3 things you should not do</a><a></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-genome-close-to-sars-originated-in-bats-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">The genetic code of the Wuhan coronavirus shows it's 80% similar to SARS. New research suggests a potential way to neutralize the virus.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-myths-red-meat-bleach-antibiotics-and-sesame-oil-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">10 myths about the coronavirus, including a link to meat-eating and imported packages</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-pandemic-what-that-means-epidemic-difference-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">Scientists say the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could soon be declared a pandemic. 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Wuhan is scrambling to turn sports stadiums and exhibition centers into makeshift coronavirus hospitals to fight the spread of the virus

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hospitals have started to cancel elective procedures as the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1">coronavirus pandemic rages</a> in the US.</li><li>The US Surgeon General called on health systems to stop performing elective procedures. "PLEASE CONSIDER STOPPING ELECTIVE PROCEDURES until we can #FlattenTheCurve!" <a href="https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1238798972501852160">he tweeted.</a></li><li>Postponing elective procedures during the pandemic helps free up space in hospitals for patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Hospitals across the US are starting to call off planned procedures amid the coronavirus pandemic.As the virus spreads in the US, it's putting a strain on the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-protective-measures-keep-outbreak-from-overwhelming-hospitals-2020-3">US healthcare system</a>. Postponing procedures is one way to free up space that might be needed by those who are critically ill with COVID-19. On Saturday, the US Surgeon General called on health systems to stop elective procedures amid the outbreak."PLEASE CONSIDER STOPPING ELECTIVE PROCEDURES until we can #FlattenTheCurve!" <a href="https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1238798972501852160">he tweeted.</a>Never miss out on healthcare news. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/health-insider">Subscribe to Dispensed,</a> our weekly newsletter on pharma, biotech, and healthcare.<h2>Hospitals in hotspots are already canceling surgeries</h2>In Seattle, one of the first places in the US to be hit hard by the coronavirus, hospitals have begun to cancel procedures. That includes <a href="https://idahonews.com/news/local/uw-medicine-postpones-elective-surgeries-amid-covid-19-concerns">hospitals affiliated with University of Washington Medicine.</a>On Friday, Swedish Medical Center, the arm of health system Providence St. Joseph Health that operates hospitals in the Seattle area, <a href="https://www.swedish.org/about/swedish-news-blog/2020/03/swedish-media-alert-march-13-2020">decided to stop elective inpatient and outpatient procedures,</a> citing the need to preserve capacity. The hospital has also stopped allowing visitors to see patients in most cases.That's happening around the country.In Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital <a href="https://twitter.com/BrighamWomens/status/1238588036595802112">on Friday</a> said it would be deferring non-urgent and elective care "to ensure the safest possible environment for patients &amp; staff." Tufts Medical Center said it would reduce the level of <a href="https://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/~/link.aspx?_id=A4F79486E22A44B6A77A10D1DF7AA54F&amp;_z=z">elective care at its hospitals.</a> Massachusetts General Hospital has been looking to switch outpatient visits to online rather than in-person, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/hospitals-push-off-surgeries-to-make-room-for-coronavirus-patients-11584298575">The Wall Street Journal reports.</a>New York's <a href="https://www.nyp.org/coronavirus-information/message-for-our-patients">New York-Presbyterian Hospitals</a> began postponing elective procedures and surgeries as of Monday. Northwell Health, which operates 23 hospitals in the state, canceled all elective procedures and surgeries <a href="https://www.northwell.edu/news/the-latest/to-reduce-risk-of-covid-19-northwell-to-cancel-elective-surgeries-in-hospital-settings">starting March 16 through April 15. </a>Baltimore-based GBMC HealthCare starting Tuesday <a href="https://twitter.com/GBMCHealthcare/status/1239356008851480582">will cancel all elective surgeries</a>.Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine is rescheduling <a href="https://www.pennmedicine.org/coronavirus">patient visits and procedures</a>. <h2>Why postponing elective surgeries could help hospitals handle the outbreak</h2>As hospitals across the US brace for cases of the novel coronavirus, departments in charge of caring for the sickest patients are grappling with how they're going to respond. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/presentation-how-hospitals-are-preparing-for-us-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-3?r=corona-lp">By some estimates</a>, millions of Americans sickened by coronavirus might need a stay in an intensive care unit, the part of the hospital devoted to providing advanced life-saving care. That will likely put a strain on staff, tax supplies of equipment like ventilators and masks, and even put facilities at risk of running out of room.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-intensive-care-unit-shortages-of-ventilators-staff-space-2020-3">Hospitals could be overwhelmed with patients and run out of beds and ventilators as the coronavirus pushes the US healthcare system to its limits</a>Dr. Craig Coopersmith, interim director of the Emory Critical Care Center, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-intensive-care-unit-shortages-of-ventilators-staff-space-2020-3">told Business Insider in March</a> that many ICUs around the country are full on any given day. While hospitals can cancel surgeries and take other measures to free up space, a spreading coronavirus outbreak would stretch them to their limits, he said. "This is not normal," Coopersmith said. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hospitals-prepare-for-coronavirus-outbreak-providence-jefferson-2020-3">'We're gearing up for something extremely significant': Top hospitals across the US told us how they're preparing for the coronavirus outbreak</a>The move to stop elective surgeries won't come without a financial impact to hospitals. Surgeries tend to be more profitable for hospitals, so canceling them could cause financial strain."The halting of higher margin election procedures on a mass scale could have a significant adverse financial impact on the U.S. hospital industry," Stephens analyst Scott Fidel said in a note Monday. "At the same time, this unprecedented action may be entirely necessary from a public health emergency perspective."<a href="/intelligence/digital-health?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_subscription&amp;itm_content=health&amp;itm_campaign=digital-health"></a>Featured Digital Health Articles: - <a href="/telehealth-industry-explained">Telehealth Industry: Benefits, Services &amp; Examples</a> - <a href="/value-based-care-pay-for-performance-healthcare-model">Value-Based Care Model: Pay-for-Performance Healthcare</a> - <a href="/senior-care-market-trends">Senior Care &amp; Assisted Living Market Trends</a> - <a href="/wearable-technology-healthcare-medical-devices">Smart Medical Devices: Wearable Tech in Healthcare</a> - <a href="/artificial-intelligence-healthcare">AI in Healthcare</a> - <a href="/remote-patient-monitoring-industry-explained">Remote Patient Monitoring Industry: Devices &amp; Market Trends</a>

Hospitals across the US are canceling procedures to make room for a potential surge of coronavirus patients

<ul class="summary-list"><li>New York City has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the US.</li><li>Already filled with patients battling coronavirus, hospitals are bracing for the peak of the outbreak. They hope the outbreak slows next week, even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo says cases are expected to keep climbing.</li><li>If the coronavirus case count keeps surging, "we'll have a problem," one hospital executive told Business Insider. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>New York City's hospitals are on wartime footing.They're converting every available space into room for patients. Medical students are becoming physicians ahead of schedule. <a href="https://twitter.com/MountSinaiNYC/status/1243021138613145600"></a>The foe, a novel coronavirus that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-history-major-events-2020-3">originated in China some three months ago</a>, has already overwhelmed several of the city's medical centers. The city has seen a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-week-in-the-life-of-doctor-in-nyc-hospital-2020-3">dramatic rise in coronavirus cases</a> since mid-March and is now the <a href="https://www.insider.com/new-york-coronavirus-pandemic-epicenter-in-us-2020-3">epicenter</a> of the US outbreak.It's exhausting doctors and pushing the healthcare system to its limits. As of Friday morning, the city was reporting 25,573 cases and 366 deaths. Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference Friday that he doesn't expect cases to reach their peak statewide for another 21 days.Hospitals in the New York City area risk running out of space and equipment to care for the sickest patients as cases surge, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cuomo are warning. The number of deaths, Cuomo said, is going to keep going up. "That is the worst news that I can tell the people of the state of New York," he <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-new-york-death-toll-past-24-hours-2020-3">said Friday</a>. "New York is still the most affected state both in terms of number of cases and in terms of deaths."In preparation for the surge of patients, hospitals have been asked by the governor to boost patient space by half. The city is also getting an emergency shipment of <a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/03/24/coronavirus-in-nyc-update-new-york-coronavirus-latest-ventilators-update-more-coming">2,000 ventilators.</a>Adding in that capacity and supplies, however, still puts NYC hospitals just 11 days away from running out of ICU beds, and 14 days away from running out of ventilators, according to an analysis done by <a href="https://qventus.com/covid-19-model/">health technology company Qventus</a> based on public data and modeling done from the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-uk-report-projects-2-million-deaths-without-action-2020-3">Imperial College of London.</a>Doctors are praying that the outbreak slows sooner."If it peaks early next week we're OK," Dr. Mark Jarrett, the chief quality officer at Northwell Health System, which operates 23 hospitals in New York, told Business Insider. "If it's two weeks from now, we'll have a problem."Business Insider spoke to more than half a dozen hospital administrators and healthcare workers across hospitals in NYC to get a sense of what the front lines of the coronavirus look like in the overwhelmed city. Some spoke on the condition of anonymity because they had not been authorized to speak to the press. Their identities are known to Business Insider. Never miss out on healthcare news. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/health-insider">Subscribe to Dispensed</a>, our weekly newsletter on pharma, biotech, and healthcare.<h2>Hospitals are already filled with coronavirus patients</h2>A nurse who works in the emergency department at the New York University Medical Center in Manhattan told Business Insider that patients are streaming in. On Monday, patients showing signs of the coronavirus were coming in every 5-10 minutes.By Wednesday, a patient was coming in with symptoms every 3-5 minutes, she said. Serious cases are hitting everyone, including younger adults. On Tuesday, the nurse said she had to intubate two patients in their thirties. NYU declined to comment. As more patients get the message to ride out the symptoms of the novel coronavirus at home those coming into hospitals are sicker, according to Dr. Jolion McGreevy, the medical director of Mount Sinai Hospital's emergency department."We're now seeing patients coming in in impending respiratory failure," he said.The patients have a hard time breathing on their own, and the hospital is more quickly deciding to put them on ventilators to help them breathe. Queens appears to be the hardest-hit part of the city. As of Friday morning, the borough accounted for roughly a third of the city's cases.The city-run Elmhurst Hospital in Queens has been overwhelmed, with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000007052136/coronavirus-elmhurst-hospital-queens.html?playlistId=video/coronavirus-news-update">staff reporting doubling in cases coming into the ER, a refrigerated truck for bodies of patients who have died, and limited ventilators on hand to care for patients</a>, according to press reports.Northwell's Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital in Queens has been "inundated" with cases, Jarrett said. Northwell is moving patients to other larger hospitals nearby, he said. Another hospital in Queens is running low on ventilators and protective gear, according to a doctor there who asked not to be identified to avoid professional repercussions. The doctor said he is trying to wait as long as possible before putting patients on ventilators to conserve equipment."The threshold to intubate is much higher," he said.Over the course of the week, the hospital took in about another 100 coronavirus-positive patients. Soon, he said, patients who are positive for COVID-19 will be in beds throughout the hospital. <h2>'I've not seen it slowing'</h2>"I've not seen it slowing," he said. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/presentation-how-hospitals-are-preparing-for-us-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-3">A leaked presentation reveals the document US hospitals are using to prepare for a major coronavirus outbreak. It estimates 96 million US coronavirus cases and 480,000 deaths.</a>Starting about two weeks ago, health systems across the city started rushing to add space for the expected surge of coronavirus cases. They <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-hospitals-postpone-elective-procedures-2020-3">canceled non-critical surgeries</a>, and are opening up additional intensive care units, turning to units that were otherwise used for surgery recovery. They're also bringing in staff who'd otherwise work in other parts of the hospital to help.On Sunday, Cuomo announced plans to turn the Javits Center in Manhattan into a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-emergency-coronavirus-hospital-built-in-nyc-javits-center-2020-3">1,000-bed hospital</a> for coronavirus patients. The following day, he <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/23/820150795/cuomo-orders-all-hospitals-to-add-beds-as-new-york-confirms-20-000-coronavirus-c">told hospitals they must increase their bed counts by 50%.</a> Cuomo said the state <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gov-cuomo-sounds-alarm-on-accelerating-coronavirus-cases-higher-apex-2020-3">needs as many as 140,000 hospital beds, 30,000 of which need to be ICU beds </a>and 40,000 ventilators. He's warned it won't have enough.Dr. Craig Smith has said that the NewYork-Presbyterian <a href="https://columbiasurgery.org/news/covid-19-update-32020">system estimates it'll need 700 to 934 intensive care unit beds.</a> Even that lower figure exceeds the number that are likely available, wrote Smith, who's chair of the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian's Columbia University Irving Medical Center.At Mount Sinai Hospital, more than half the hospital has been designated as space for coronavirus patients, according to a doctor who works in the health system. The hospital is now turning its soaring atrium into space to care for patients.A Mount Sinai spokesman told BI that the system is preparing for surge capacity, like other New York hospitals.In Newark, New Jersey, an intensive care doctor told Business Insider that four floors of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center were already dedicated to coronavirus patients.In the ICU, he has young patients in their twenties and thirties on ventilators. Some of the patients he was taking care have died. He said some patients are experiencing kidney or liver failure."Newark Beth Israel, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is taking all necessary precautions and immediate action steps to ensure the safety of our patients and our colleagues," a spokeswoman for the hospital told Business Insider in a statement.She added that the organization is following protocols from the New Jersey Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We have created capacity in our facility to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients and our critical care teams receive the personal protective equipment needed to care for these patients. This is a rapidly evolving situation, and to that end, we review supply management and personnel daily," she said<h2>Running low on staff and supplies</h2>As cases mount, supplies of protective equipment have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nurses-share-how-hospitals-are-dealing-with-equipment-shortage-photos-2020-3">gone into short supply</a> and hospitals are rationing the gear.The ICU doctor in Newark said that his hospital hands out one mask per day as doctors report to work. New stock comes in, but doesn't last long. Already, the critical care team is working on a "skeleton crew" as staff have fallen ill."If we can't protect ourselves, who's going to be the one to carry everything on?" he said. At NYU, the nurse said, protective gear is kept under lock and key.The nurse at NYU is working with colleagues who have tested positive who haven't been showing symptoms. Because they're asymptomatic, the health system is allowing them to keep working. For now, the health system's policy is that workers can come in if they've been symptom-free for 72 hours."They just won't have any staff members if we all stay home," the nurse said. Starting March 20, New York City's Department of Health issued guidance to stop testing for coronavirus in non-hospitalized patients and in patients where testing wouldn't ultimately factor into how they managed symptoms. The aim is to limit how much equipment hospitals are using.<h2>Adding space</h2>In Brooklyn, Maimonides Medical Center is gearing up. The hospital typically has about 720 beds, and is stretching that to 1,400, using a tent, a nursing facility, and areas normally used for cancer treatment and surgeries."We are anticipating continued surge for the foreseeable future," Dr. Patrick Borgen, the chair of surgery, said. "We're having to aim pretty far down the line."As the patient count grows, keeping staff on hand to care for those patients will get even more challenging. "Staffing is the biggest issue we face right now," Northwell's Jarrett said. "If we get more cases, that'll be even more of a problem."<h2>Stretching the use of breathing equipment</h2>Maimonides is also taking cues from other providers that have started getting creative with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-ventilator-shortage-may-force-sharing-but-its-risky-2020-3">how they're using equipment, such as setting up one ventilator for two patients.</a>"We're having to think outside the box as this thing grows," Borgen said. The health system is studying the approach but has yet to try it.Doctors at Columbia are already hooking up two patients to the same ventilator. In an update from Smith, he wrote that as of Wednesday, the organization had converted empty operating rooms into ICU rooms, each holding 2-3 patients with COVID-19. Some them are sharing ventilators. Northwell's Jarrett said the organization is working to turn anesthesiology machines that might otherwise be used during surgeries into ventilators. <h2>Planning for the weeks ahead</h2>For now, Borgen said, the hospital has the space it needs.What he's planning for is next week. Already, NYC is beyond some of the best-case-scenarios Northwell had laid out for the pandemic, Jarrett said. Going into the final days of March, the focus is on expanding capacity within the hospital, with space, equipment like ventilators and added staff.When that runs out, the city's hospitals might find themselves in a similar place to Italy, which had to make hard choices about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/italys-doctors-are-forced-to-prioritize-saving-the-young-2020-3">whom to treat with the space and supplies they had.</a>The height of the pandemic is still to come.If the patient count keeps rising for weeks, "We along with everybody else in the New York City metro area will be running into issues we don't want to run into," he said.Do you work at a hospital in New York? Business Insider would like to hear what you're seeing on the front lines of the coronavirus response. Email the author at <a href="mailto:lramsey@businessinsider.com">lramsey@businessinsider.com</a>.<a href="/intelligence/digital-health?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_subscription&amp;itm_content=health&amp;itm_campaign=digital-health"></a> Featured Health Articles: - <a href="/telehealth-industry-explained">Telehealth Industry Explained</a> - <a href="/value-based-care-pay-for-performance-healthcare-model">Value-Based Care Explained</a> - <a href="/senior-care-market-trends">Senior Care &amp; Assisted Living Market</a> - <a href="/wearable-technology-healthcare-medical-devices">Smart Medical Devices &amp; Wearable Tech</a> - <a href="/artificial-intelligence-healthcare">AI in Healthcare</a> - <a href="/remote-patient-monitoring-industry-explained">Remote Patient Monitoring Explained</a>- <a href="/ai-medical-diagnosis-report">AI in Medical Diagnosis Systems</a>

New York City hospitals are 11 days from running out of beds as the number of new coronavirus cases explodes

ReutersWorkers labour at the construction site of the new Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift hospital for treating patients of the new coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 31, 2020.<ul class="summary-list"><li>One of two hastily-constructed Wuhan hospitals meant to help handle the surging number of coronavirus patients was less than half full on Tuesday, <a href="http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020021909675">according to official figures</a>.</li><li>Leishenshan hospital is meant to have a capacity of 1,600 beds, but has yet to fill them. 746 beds are full according to the latest figures. </li><li>The relatively slow uptake is a contrast with its construction, which was live-streamed by state media and stunned the world with its speed.</li><li>Its sister hospital, Huoshenshan, is now operating at around its 1,000-bed capacity.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The spectacle of the high-speed construction of two brand new hospitals in less than 12 days in Wuhan was a PR coup for the Chinese government.But one of these is still less than half full, <a href="http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020021909675">according to official figures</a> released 11 days after it opened.The Leishenshan hospital is the second of two facilities built by the Chinese government at the epicenter of the outbreak.It is meant to provide 1,600 extra beds for the city, which has had its regular medical facilities comprehensively overwhelmed.However, as of Tuesday only 746 beds are filled, around 41% of its capacity.STR/AFP via Getty ImagesThis photo taken on January 22, 2020 shows medical staff members wearing protective suits at the Zhongnan hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.The other hospital, Huoshenshan, opened six days earlier, and had 1,021 beds occupied, roughly in line with its announced capacity of 1,000.Figures, reviewed by Business Insider, show that Huoshenshan reached this figure on its tenth day of operation. Leishenshan has been slower to fill, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of its capacity.Prior to their opening, in January patients were facing hours-long queues to be seen by medics, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51222384">according to the BBC</a>.As of February 12, 3,972 patients were being treated in temporary hospitals in converted gyms and exhibition centres, <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/12/c_138778352.htm">according to the state news agency Xinhua</a>.It is unclear why some of these were not treated at Leishenshan 's brand-new facilities.The frantic pace of the hospitals' construction - Huoshenshan in 10 days and Leishenshan in 12 - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-hospitals-not-filling-beds-data-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">was livestreamed</a> to an amazed global audience by Chinese state media.YouTube/CGTNStill from a video showing the rapid building of two hospitals in Wuhan.Aerial footage showed bulldozers preparing ground while a later video toured Leishenshan's newly-built interiors and the brand-new equipment destined to be used inside.Huoshenshan's construction was dubbed "Mission Impossible made possible" by the <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/02/c_138750288.htm">state news agency Xinhua</a>.<h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T">Click here for Business Insider's comprehensive report on the spread of the coronavirus and China's efforts to contain it.</a></h2><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-show-first-coronavirus-patients-arriving-at-wuhan-hospital-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">Pictures show the first coronavirus patients arriving at the new Wuhan hospital China panic-built in 10 days</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/analysis-xi-jinping-invisible-china-fight-coronavirus-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">Xi Jinping has turned invisible during China's coronavirus epidemic, likely to cover his back in case things go badly wrong</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-hubei-china-cases-spike-method-change-explainer-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">The number of coronavirus cases in China's Hubei province dramatically jumped by 15,000 overnight. Here's why.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T">Here's everything we know about the coronavirus outbreak</a></li></ul> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-survived-the-apocalypse-2019-12">What if you survived the apocalypse?</a></h3>

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