China completes coronavirus hospital in Wuhan in 10 days, with a second hospital almost finished
4 years, 11 months ago

China completes coronavirus hospital in Wuhan in 10 days, with a second hospital almost finished

ABC  

China has completed the construction of an emergency hospital at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak within 10 days, Chinese state media say. Key points: The project has been called "mission impossible" due to the timeframe Construction was live-streamed around the clock on China's state broadcasters The rapid number of infections has placed pressure on the country's medical facilities The 1,000-bed hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in central Hubei province, was built to treat coronavirus patients and has started taking them on, according to Xinhua state media reports. The project was called "mission impossible" by Chinese officials due to the logistical challenges of completing a fully functional hospital within the timeframe. The rapid rise of infections within Wuhan have placed pressure on the region's medical facilities, which failed to provide enough beds, forcing many patients to stay home for quarantine and treatment, state media reports.

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A Beijing hospital runs out of beds amid a COVID surge in China
2 years ago

A Beijing hospital runs out of beds amid a COVID surge in China

LA Times  

An emergency ward in a Beijing hospital is filled with people as COVID-19 cases surge in China’s capital. The crush of people seeking hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on the economy and prompted street protests not seen since …

Beijing hospitals run out of beds as Covid patients increase in China
2 years ago

Beijing hospitals run out of beds as Covid patients increase in China

India Today  

Hospitals in Beijing, China's capital, are running out of beds as an increasing number of Covid patients - most of them elderly - flock to clinics to get treated. This comes amid the World Health Organisation saying China is "under-representing" Covid data, especially the death toll since the spike in cases. Covid cases surged in China after the government abruptly …

Covid has infected over 70% population in this Chinese city in recent surge
2 years ago

Covid has infected over 70% population in this Chinese city in recent surge

Live Mint  

Around 70% of Shanghai's total population has been infected by COVID during the recent surge in China, a senior doctor at one of Shanghai's top hospitals expressed recently as reported by the state media on Tuesday. "Now the spread of the epidemic in Shanghai is very wide, and it may have reached 70 percent of the population, which is 20 …

China to open borders as covid-19 cases rise
2 years ago

China to open borders as covid-19 cases rise

Live Mint  

Chinese health authorities plan to lift Covid-19 quarantine requirements on international arrivals early next month, taking one of the country’s biggest steps to ease restrictions since the pandemic began even as case numbers remain high. In his own comments marking the anniversary of the Patriotic Health Campaign, which evolved over the years to target infectious diseases such as malaria, China’s …

Photos: How COVID roils small Chinese towns
2 years ago

Photos: How COVID roils small Chinese towns

Al Jazeera  

As China grapples with surging COVID-19 cases, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of the capital, Beijing, are overwhelmed. The towns and small cities in Baoding and Langfang prefectures, in central Hebei province, were the epicentre of one of China’s first outbreaks after the state loosened coronavirus controls in November and December. Experts have forecast between a million …

COVID-19 China update: Difficult months ahead as 'coronavirus' cases spiral | KNOW WHY
2 years ago

COVID-19 China update: Difficult months ahead as 'coronavirus' cases spiral | KNOW WHY

India TV News  

China COVID-19 cases : Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading through the vast country. “How well do they perform this particular catch up effort might determine some of the outcome.” Hospital conditions in China: Around Baoding and Langfang, hospitals have run out of intensive care beds and staff as severe …

‘A very hard road ahead’ for China as COVID-19 cases spiral
2 years ago

‘A very hard road ahead’ for China as COVID-19 cases spiral

Associated Press  

BAZHOU, China — Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus is now spreading through the vast country. The National Health Commission said China had 10 intensive care beds for every 100,000 people on Dec. 9, a total of 138,000 beds, up from 4 for every 100,000 people on Nov. 22. Even taken at face value, …

'A very hard road ahead' for China as COVID-19 cases spiral
2 years ago

'A very hard road ahead' for China as COVID-19 cases spiral

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The National Health Commission said China had 10 intensive …

China rushes to build hospital beds, US says covid situation in China a concern
2 years ago

China rushes to build hospital beds, US says covid situation in China a concern

Live Mint  

China rushed to install hospital beds across cities and build fever screening clinics amid a surge in covid cases in the country. We’ve seen that over the course of many different permutations of this virus and certainly another reason why we are so focused on helping countries around the world address COVID, another reason why bringing this to a close …

China hospitals unprepared as COVID-19 cases surge after opening
2 years ago

China hospitals unprepared as COVID-19 cases surge after opening

The Hindu  

China’s sudden easing of restrictions on December 7 after three years of a zero-COVID policy has left many hospitals unprepared to deal with the current surge of cases in many Chinese cities. The rapid change of policy has, however, caught many hospitals off-guard, and left them scrambling to deal with cases and segregate patients according to risk. Media outlet Caixin …

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
2 years ago

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

LA Times  

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as it rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. A Cabinet meeting called Thursday for “full mobilization” of hospitals including adding staff to ensure their “combat effectiveness” and increasing …

Shanghai releases thousands of recovered COVID-19 patients from hospitals, but infection numbers keep rising
2 years, 8 months ago

Shanghai releases thousands of recovered COVID-19 patients from hospitals, but infection numbers keep rising

Firstpost  

The sudden rise of cases has led to the much-criticised lockdown of the city of 26 million people amid public criticism of the separation of children from parents in hospitals and testing centres as well distribution of food supplies to the people who were confined for days to the apartment blocks Beijing: Shanghai, which is reeling under a massive outbreak …

China struggles with rising cases of Covid Delta variant, imposes strict lockdown in several cities
3 years, 5 months ago

China struggles with rising cases of Covid Delta variant, imposes strict lockdown in several cities

Op India  

On Monday, the Chinese authorities directed the 1.2 million residents of ZhuZhou city in the Hunan province to stay at home in light of the growing cases of Wuhan Coronavirus. As per a report in Guardian, people have been asked to adhere to the strict lockdown for a period of three days after the Covid-19 situation in the city turned …

WHO team visits second Wuhan hospital in coronavirus investigation
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team visits second Wuhan hospital in coronavirus investigation

The Hindu  

Members of a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited another Wuhan hospital that had treated early COVID-19 patients on their second full day of work on January 30. Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital was one of the city’s first to deal with patients in early 2020 suffering from a then-unknown virus and is a key part …

Coronavirus | WHO team visits Wuhan, starts fieldwork to trace virus origins
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | WHO team visits Wuhan, starts fieldwork to trace virus origins

The Hindu  

Experts from the World Health Organization visited a Wuhan hospital on Friday as the fieldwork began in a closely watched coronavirus origins probe that will take in a food market presumed to be “ground zero” of the pandemic. The team met Chinese officials on Friday and then left their Wuhan hotel in a fleet of cars, trailed by a media …

Timeline: China’s COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown of Wuhan
3 years, 11 months ago

Timeline: China’s COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown of Wuhan

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — The Chinese city of Wuhan is looking back on a year since it was placed under a 76-day lockdown beginning Jan. 23, 2020. — Mid-January: The Lunar New Year travel rush — the world’s largest annual human migration — gets underway, with millions of people leaving Wuhan to return home or passing through on their journeys. — …

China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
3 years, 11 months ago

China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases

India Today  

China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for Covid-19 patients to fight a surge in infections the government said are harder to contain and that it blamed on infected people or goods from abroad. The hospital is one of six with a total of 6,500 rooms being built in Nangong, south of Beijing in Hebei province, the official Xinhua …

WHO Covid team arrives in Wuhan as China records first death in months
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO Covid team arrives in Wuhan as China records first death in months

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The first cases of Covid-19 were linked to a …

China starts emergency COVID-19 vaccination in Wuhan
4 years ago

China starts emergency COVID-19 vaccination in Wuhan

Live Mint  

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus emerged a year ago before it became a pandemic and upended life across the globe, has started the emergency COVID-19 vaccination on some key groups, a senior health official said on Tuesday, even as China is yet to officially certify its multiple vaccines. In May this year, Wuhan conducted COVID-19 tests …

Medical teams epitomize country's commitment to fight against virus
4 years, 3 months ago

Medical teams epitomize country's commitment to fight against virus

China Daily  

Professionals of the Guangdong medical team see off their last patient discharged from Leishenshan Hospital on March 28. The hospital admitted 2,011 patients infected with the novel coronavirus in the 67 days it operated, and witnessed the painstaking efforts of 16 medical teams from Shanghai and the provinces of Liaoning and Guangdong. It was Feb 8 when Liaoning's local government …

Whatever Happened To ... The Instant Hospitals Built For COVID-19 Patients In Wuhan?
4 years, 3 months ago

Whatever Happened To ... The Instant Hospitals Built For COVID-19 Patients In Wuhan?

NPR  

The Instant Hospitals Built For COVID-19 Patients In Wuhan? Enlarge this image toggle caption Stringer/Getty Images Stringer/Getty Images In February, China pulled off an impressive construction feat that caught the world's attention: Amid surging cases of COVID-19, China built two hospitals in the pandemic's epicenter, Wuhan, in under two weeks to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients. Enlarge this image toggle …

Coronavirus: Satellite images of Wuhan hospitals show epidemic could have arrived last autumn, Harvard study shows
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: Satellite images of Wuhan hospitals show epidemic could have arrived last autumn, Harvard study shows

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Covid-19 virus may have …

Asia Today: Officials: No more hospitalized Wuhan patients
4 years, 8 months ago

Asia Today: Officials: No more hospitalized Wuhan patients

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized patients after the last 12 were discharged, the Hubei province health commission said. In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region: — THAILAND CASES DWINDLE: Thai health authorities on Monday reported the country’s lowest number of new cases of the coronavirus in more than six …

Last coronavirus patients released from hospital in Wuhan, where pandemic began
4 years, 8 months ago

Last coronavirus patients released from hospital in Wuhan, where pandemic began

LA Times  

Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized COVID-19 patients after the last 12 were discharged Sunday, the Hubei province health commission said. With the easing of the crisis, a central government team that had overseen the response in Hubei since late January departed Monday, the official New China News Agency said. Also Monday, …

Wuhan has zero active coronavirus cases
4 years, 8 months ago

Wuhan has zero active coronavirus cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Shanghai: The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases in its hospitals, a health official told reporters on Sunday. “The latest news is that by April 26, the number of new coronavirus patients in Wuhan was at zero, thanks to the joint efforts of Wuhan and medical staff from around the country,” …

China: Covid-19 cases in Wuhan hospitals drop to zero for 1st time, says official
4 years, 8 months ago

China: Covid-19 cases in Wuhan hospitals drop to zero for 1st time, says official

India Today  

The number of hospitalised Covid-19 patients in China's Wuhan, where the virus first emerged before turning out to be a pandemic, on Sunday dropped to zero for the first time, marking yet another milestone for the city which was opened up on April 8 after a 76-day lockdown. The last patient in Wuhan was cured on Friday, reducing the number …

Wuhan has NO critically ill coronavirus patient left, China claims
4 years, 8 months ago

Wuhan has NO critically ill coronavirus patient left, China claims

Daily Mail  

China has claimed that all of the critically ill coronavirus patients in the city of Wuhan have recovered. A staff member is pictured on April 14 spraying disinfectant on empty beds after all patients left Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan Mi Feng, a spokesperson from the Chinese Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, announced the news at a press conference today. …

Fewer virus deaths easy to explain
4 years, 8 months ago

Fewer virus deaths easy to explain

China Daily  

A patient surnamed Liu who had severe symptoms of COVID-19 wrote a letter to the medical staff in his intensive care unit on April 20, 2020 to express his gratitude for their efforts to bring him back to life. Government efforts, cooperation of people make big difference in results The relatively low death toll of the novel coronavirus in China …

Fewer virus deaths easy to explain
4 years, 8 months ago

Fewer virus deaths easy to explain

China Daily  

A patient surnamed Liu who had severe symptoms of COVID-19 wrote a letter to the medical staff in his intensive care unit on April 20, 2020 to express his gratitude for their efforts to bring him back to life. Government efforts, cooperation of people make big difference in results The relatively low death toll of the novel coronavirus in China …

COVID-19: China shuts down largest makeshift hospital in Wuhan
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19: China shuts down largest makeshift hospital in Wuhan

The Hindu  

As the number of coronavirus cases abates, China on Wednesday shutdown one of its largest makeshift hospitals built in February to treat the surging COVID-19 infections in Wuhan, the epicentre of the pandemic, as the last group of thousands of medical workers deployed to fight the outbreak also left the city. Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India The …

Coronavirus | China's new cases rise to near 6-week high
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | China's new cases rise to near 6-week high

The Hindu  

China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID-19. A total of 108 new coronavirus cases were reported on Sunday, up from 99 a day earlier and marking the highest number of cases …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Wuhan to keep testing residents even after lockdown eases; China reported 42 new cases
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Wuhan to keep testing residents even after lockdown eases; China reported 42 new cases

Firstpost  

Concerns remain over an influx of infected patients from overseas as well as China’s ability to detect asymptomatic patients, and the government in Wuhan has tried to reassure the public that it remains vigilant Wuhan: China’s Wuhan city, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country wary of …

China to continue screening Wuhan residents for coronavirus amid lifting of restrictions
4 years, 8 months ago

China to continue screening Wuhan residents for coronavirus amid lifting of restrictions

India Today  

China's Wuhan city, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country wary of a rebound in cases even as it sets its sights on normalising the economy. "We carry out comprehensive health checks every day and keep detailed records of their health condition," she said, adding that there …

Timeline of China releasing information on COVID-19 and advancing international cooperation
4 years, 9 months ago

Timeline of China releasing information on COVID-19 and advancing international cooperation

China Daily  

Medical workers from Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University pose for a group photo in "Wuhan Livingroom" makeshift hospital in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, March 7, 2020. Timeline of China releasing information on COVID-19 and advancing international cooperation on epidemic response The novel coronavirus disease epidemic is a major public health emergency that has spread the fastest, caused the most …

Timeline of China releasing information on COVID-19 and advancing international cooperation
4 years, 9 months ago

Timeline of China releasing information on COVID-19 and advancing international cooperation

China Daily  

Medical workers from Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University pose for a group photo in "Wuhan Livingroom" makeshift hospital in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, March 7, 2020. The novel coronavirus disease epidemic is a major public health emergency that has spread the fastest, caused the most extensive infections and been the hardest to contain since the founding of the People's …

China reports 30 new coronavirus cases, including five locally-transmitted infections; nine districts in Wuhan classified as low-risk'
4 years, 9 months ago

China reports 30 new coronavirus cases, including five locally-transmitted infections; nine districts in Wuhan classified as low-risk'

Firstpost  

Signifying the slowdown of the virus in the country, China on Saturday held a nationwide memorial for martyrs and victims of the coronavirus in the country. **Beijing:**China has reported 30 new cases of the novel coronavirus, including five locally -ransmitted infections, even as nine of the 13 administrative districts of virus-hit Wuhan city were declared low-risk areas’ signifying a gradual …

China risks second wave of coronavirus infection from patients coming back from abroad
4 years, 9 months ago

China risks second wave of coronavirus infection from patients coming back from abroad

India Today  

The growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections at a time when domestic transmission has basically been stopped, a spokesman for the National Health Commission said on Sunday. In the last seven days, China has reported 313 imported cases of coronavirus but only 6 confirmed cases of domestic transmission, the commission’s data …

Coronavirus: how hostels and hotels can be turned into makeshift hospitals
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: how hostels and hotels can be turned into makeshift hospitals

The Hindu  

In early February this year, as doctors in Wuhan were grappling with the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese engineers sprung into action to build a 1,000-bed hospital in all of ten days. SN Subrahmanyan, CEO and MD, Larsen and Toubro, announced this week that the construction company could build a hospital from scratch in record time, and also convert existing structures such …

Coronavirus Outbreak: China to lift travel curbs in Hubei province, end lockdown of Wuhan on 8 April as infections begin to abate
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: China to lift travel curbs in Hubei province, end lockdown of Wuhan on 8 April as infections begin to abate

Firstpost  

Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus cases were first detected in December last year on Monday reported one new confirmed case of the COVID-19 after reporting zero cases for five consecutive days Beijing/Wuhan: China on Tuesday said it will lift the travel curbs in Hubei province, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged last year, on Wednesday and will …

China limps back to normalcy after two-month lockdown as virus weakens
4 years, 9 months ago

China limps back to normalcy after two-month lockdown as virus weakens

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: People in central China where the coronavirus was first detected are allowed to go back to work and public transport is restarting, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown. The easing of restrictions in Wuhan city comes as Chinese health officials reported Monday no new local cases of the deadly virus, but confirmed another 39 infections brought …

Chinese health experts wave off concerns of second, deadlier wave of coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Chinese health experts wave off concerns of second, deadlier wave of coronavirus

Firstpost  

China needs another month to make a final judgment but existing control measures should be able to end epidemic. “For me, a second outbreak, a domestic outbreak in China, wouldn’t be a great concern,” said Cao Wei, deputy director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Ian Henderson, director of the Institute for Molecular …

Coronavirus | China exonerates doctor reprimanded for warning of virus
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | China exonerates doctor reprimanded for warning of virus

The Hindu  

China has taken the highly unusual move of exonerating a doctor who was reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease. The official China News Service late Tuesday said police in the epicenter city of Wuhan had revoked its admonishment of Dr. Li Wenliang that had included a threat of arrest and issued a “solemn …

Coronavirus pandemic: China's Wuhan, former epicentre, reports just 1 new case
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic: China's Wuhan, former epicentre, reports just 1 new case

India Today  

The battle to contain the coronavirus reached new urgency, as more governments locked down borders and ordered new closures and restrictions and pleas went out to funnel masks and ventilators to places struggling with soaring numbers of sick patients. "There is no easy or quick way out of this extremely difficult situation," said Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the …

Makeshift hospital: An effective way to treat COVID-19 patients
4 years, 9 months ago

Makeshift hospital: An effective way to treat COVID-19 patients

China Daily  

A worker disinfects the makeshift hospital built at from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, on Mar 8. In early February, to alleviate a shortage of hospital beds in Wuhan, epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, authorities decided to convert public facilities such as conference venues and sports stadiums into temporary hospitals to accommodate COVID-19 …

Xi makes first visit to virus epicentre Wuhan since outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Xi makes first visit to virus epicentre Wuhan since outbreak

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: President Xi Jinping visited China’s virus epicenter Tuesday for the first time since cases of a then-unidentified respiratory illness emerged in the city of Wuhan in December. State media reported Xi arrived in the morning in Wuhan, which has been under lockdown along with several nearby cities since late January in a disease-containment measure. “The spread of the novel …

Xi Jinping makes first visit to coronavirus-hit Wuhan city since COVID-19 outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Xi Jinping makes first visit to coronavirus-hit Wuhan city since COVID-19 outbreak

India TV News  

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made his first visit to the central Chinese city hit hardest by the new virus epidemic since the first cases of a then-unidentified respiratory illness emerged in December. “There won’t be just a red zone,” Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, in announcing that a lockdown covering about 16 million people in the north would …

Coronavirus | Xi Jinping makes first visit to Wuhan city since outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Xi Jinping makes first visit to Wuhan city since outbreak

The Hindu  

Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visit to coronavirus -hit Wuhan city on Tuesday since the virus outbreak amid signs that the epidemic started abating. His visit comes as Chinese health authority on Tuesday announced 17 new deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 3,136. Mr. Xi, also the general secretary of …

March 10, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 9 months ago

March 10, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

A staff member walks through an empty makeshift hospital in Wuhan after the last group of cured coronavirus patients were discharged on Sunday. Here are the latest developments: China is stabilizing: The country only reported 19 new cases today, a drastic drop from the peak just a month or two ago, when it was still reporting thousands of new cases …

China coronavirus: Xi Jinping visits virus-hit Wuhan in major show of confidence
4 years, 9 months ago

China coronavirus: Xi Jinping visits virus-hit Wuhan in major show of confidence

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Chinese President Xi Jinping has made his first visit to Wuhan since the novel coronavirus outbreak began more than two months ago, as new cases of the virus slowed to a trickle in the country where the disease first emerged. Xi’s visit to Wuhan – which has been on lockdown for weeks now, with tens of …

Makeshift hospital's closing marks Traditional Chinese Medicine's effectiveness
4 years, 9 months ago

Makeshift hospital's closing marks Traditional Chinese Medicine's effectiveness

China Daily  

Zhang Boli, 72, from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine visits medical workers at Jiangxia Hospital, a makeshift facility in Wuhan operated by TCM professionals in Central China's Hubei province, on March 10, 2020. Wuhan's first and only traditional Chinese medicine makeshift hospital closed on Tuesday. During the 26-day operation that began …

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