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China opens first 1,000-bed coronavirus hospital

By John Gage
Published January 28, 2020 9:41pm ET
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China opens first 1,000-bed coronavirus hospital
Nepalese government officers and policemen wearing face masks walk at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Authorities have started screening passengers after one confirmed case of a new coronavirus infection was detected in the Himalayan country. | (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

China opened its first hospital built to handle the coronavirus after it converted a building into a medical center with 1,000-bed capacity.

The Dabie Mountain Regional Medical Center became operational Tuesday, and patients were sent there at 10:30 p.m. local time, according to local media. The hospital, which is located southwest of Wuhan in Huanggang, was completed in two days.

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