Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital put into use to treat COVID-19 patients
STORY: Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital put into use to treat COVID-19 patients
DATELINE: April 9, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:53
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the building of the makeshift hospital
STORYLINE:
The largest makeshift hospital in China's business hub Shanghai was put into use on Saturday to aid the megacity's fight against resurging COVID-19.
The hospital, which is converted from the National Exhibition and Convention Center, covers about 600,000 square meters with a capacity of 50,000 beds.
More than 25,000 builders from across the country raced against time to complete the construction of the hospital.
Shanghai has been reporting a high number of COVID-19 infections since March and has registered over 150,000 COVID-19 infections as of Friday.
The Shanghai municipal government said Saturday the city has built over 100 makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 treatment with over 160,000 beds. There are also eight designated hospitals with over 8,000 beds in Shangh
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