Construction of China virus hospitals gathers pace

Chinese workers have begun building a second new hospital in Wuhan to help deal with a dely virus that originated in city, state television reported Monday.

Construction of Wuhan Leishenshan hospital started late on Saturday and is due to be completed in little more than a week, CCTV said.

CCTV foot showed hundreds of excavators levelling ground at construction site.

It said hospital will provide 1,500 beds for patients showing symptoms of coronavirus that's sweeping China and is feared to have reached a number of or countries across world.

Meanwhile, construction workers are working round clock to build ar new hospital in city, Wuhan Huoshenshan hospital.

That's due to be rey this coming weekend.

CCTV said levelling work for Huoshenshan hospital is complete and workers are putting separation layers on ground.

Experts say China is able to build hospitals at such high speed by using pre-fabricated buildings, and through its ability to marshall huge quantities of construction workers and equipment at immediate tice.