China builds 1,500-room hospital in 5 days after surge in COVID-19 cases
China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients in five days to fight a surge in infections in Nangong city, state media reported. The hospital is one of the six hospitals being built in Nangong in Hebei province. A similar programme of rapid hospital construction was launched at the start of the outbreak last year in Wuhan.