Watch a Time Lapse of China Building a Hospital for Coronavirus Patients in Just 10 Days
The country has taken on similar rush jobs before.
- Authorities in Wuhan, China have begun construction on a new temporary hospital in the region, designed to isolate and treat patients of the coronavirus.
- City officials plan to complete construction in just six days.
- This isn’t the first time China has pulled off such an enormous feat; During the SARS outbreak in 2003, Beijing built a similar medical facility in just under seven days.
Update: Check out this incredible time-lapse video of the construction of Wuhan's temporary hospital, which ultimately took 10 days to complete. The video, courtesy of the BBC, shows twirling cranes and other construction vehicles zipping around the site.
Wuhan, China is the epicenter of a new type of coronavirus that has infected more than 830 people and killed as many as 26 throughout China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the United States. To tackle the crisis, the city began construction on a 1,000-bed temporary hospital in Wuhan’s Caidian district Thursday evening. Officials have said they plan to finish the project in just six days.
That's right: six days.
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