Mobile cabin hospital in Wuhan sports stadium, photos on 12nd Feb 2020.

Background

The construction of three mobile cabin hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei province has picked up steam on Monday night as part of the efforts to contain and treat patients suspected of contracting the novel coronavirus.

The city will make use of the city's sports stadium and two convention centers, and renovate them into three mobile hospitals to offer a total of 3,400 beds. Medical staff will be dispatched to the three hospitals to take care of patients who test positive for the virus - but show no severe symptoms - as soon as they are completed.

Once a patient's symptoms worsen, he or she will be transferred to Jinyintan Hospital, one of the city's designated hospitals to admit patients infected with the new virus, in a timely manner.