Last temporary hospital closes


Job well done: Medical staff celebrating after all patients were discharged from a temporary hospital in Wuhan. — AFP

WUHAN: All the 15 temporary hospitals built to exclusively receive Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, Hubei province, have been closed, with the daily number of reported new cases hitting a record low.

Wuchang Temporary Hospital, which was converted from a sports stadium, closed on Tuesday afternoon after its final 49 patients were discharged, making it the last of the temporary hospitals in Wuhan, the centre of the epidemic in China, to close its doors.

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