China's Wuhan to build second designated hospital to treat coronavirus patients

China's Wuhan city, the centre of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, will build a second dedicated hospital to treat patients, state media the People's Daily reported on Saturday.

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Published : 25 Jan 2020, 10:07 AM
Updated : 25 Jan 2020, 10:07 AM

Construction of hospital, designed to have 1,300 beds, is scheduled to be completed in half a month.

Construction has started on the first dedicated hospital and is due to be finished by Feb 3.

The virus outbreak has killed 41 and infected more than 1,300 globally.