Construction of the first batch of 1,500 rooms for centralized medical observation has been completed in five days in a city in North China’s Hebei province, local authorities said Saturday.

The center, using the land of a factory, is among the makeshift facilities with a total of 6,500 rooms planned to be urgently built at six locations in the city of Nangong to cut the spread of COVID-19.

Each room with an area of 18 square meters is equipped with a bed, electric heater, toilet and sink. WiFi access is also available.

Construction of the project started on Jan 10 after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was reported in the city, and the rest of the rooms will be ready within one week, according to the local publicity department.

A similar center with a total of 3,000 rooms is being built in the provincial capital Shijiazhuang.

Source: Xinhua