WUHAN: Libraries and bookstores have joined hands to build 18 mini libraries in temporary hospitals in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, to lend “spiritual support” to patients there.The libraries, comprising rows of bookcases, have been installed in all temporary hospitals and six others yet to be opened, according to the culture and tourism department of Hubei province, where Wuhan is the provincial capital.
Facing a shortage of beds amid the outbreak, Wuhan has put into use 12 temporary hospitals converted from gyms, convention or exhibition centres.
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