Wuhan hospital built for outbreak starts to treat patients

Medical workers transfer patients to the newly built Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, at about 9 am on Feb 4. -Photo by Xian Gan/for chinadaily.com.cn.

WUHAN, Feb 4, China Daily/ANN -- Huoshenshan Hospital, one of two hospitals in Wuhan being built to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak, started to treat patients infected on Tuesday morning.

The first group of 50 patients from three hospitals, including Wuchang Hospital and Hankou Hospital, has been transferred to the new hospital and the patients are currently under treatment.