China’s solution to the #coronavirus outbreak in #Wuhan? Build a new, 1000-bed hospital in six days vice.com/en_us/article/…
China has been criticized for its slow response to the #coronavirus outbreak, so it is now scrambling to catch up. As well as the new hospital, it has effectively locked down 10 cities containing 30 million residents vice.com/en_us/article/…
China has form when it comes to building hospitals fast. In 2003 in response to the SARS outbreak, it built a 100-bed hospital in Beijing in a week. It ended up treating 15% of all SARS infections in China. vice.com/en_us/article/…
While Chinese state media has been playing up these efforts, resident in #Wuhan have been angrily pointing out the dire situation there today, where resident presenting with #coronavirus symptoms have been turned away due to lack of supplies vice.com/en_us/article/…
The death toll from the #coronavirus is now at 26 and infections are up to 830, but both will rise significantly as hundreds of millions begin travelling home for #ChineseNewYear today vice.com/en_us/article/…
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