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1,000-bed coronavirus hospital opens after 48 hours of construction

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The 1,000-bed Dabie Mountain Regional Medical Centre that took just 48 hours of construction just opened in China to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak. 

The Medical Centre reportedly started receiving patients at 10.30pm last night after workers spent just 48 hours converting an empty building.

China's first coronavirus hospital OPENS after workers and volunteers spend two days converting an empty building into a 1,000-bed medical centre The emergency facility in Huanggang city was up and running in 48 hours A batch of coronavirus patients were transferred there at 10:30pm local time Three more such hospitals are being built, two in Wuhan and one in Zhengzhou Death toll of the life-threatening infection has soared to at least 131 in China Germany has become the latest country to confirm patients with coronavirus

The Dabie Mountain Regional Medical Centre was originally intended to be a hospital that would open in May, but faced with the growing threat of the spread of coronavirus they managed to complete the task much sooner.

The death toll in mainland China following the outbreak of coronavirus has risen to 132 while nearly 6,000 people are infected, authorities have said.

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