China opens second new hospital for coronavirus patients
China completed the construction of the second of two hospitals built in record time in Wuhan to isolate and treat patients of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 560 people since emerging in a local market, The New York Post reported.
The 1,600-bed Leishenshan (meaning Thunder God Mountain) Hospital was ready to accept patients three days after the opening of the 1,000-bed Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital, which was built in just eight days with prefabricated wards.
Wuhan also had another 132 quarantine sites with more than 12,500 beds, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.