An interior view shows a pavilion of Lenexpo exhibition center following the decision of local authorities to turn it into a temporary hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Saint Petersburg, Russia in this handout picture released April 23, 2020. Press Service of Government of Saint Petersburg/Handout via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A temporary hospital in St Petersburg with just over 1,000 beds for coronavirus patients will open in the city's Lenexpo exhibition centre by the end of the week, RIA news agency reported late on Thursday.
St Petersburg, Russia's second biggest city, had reported 2,700 coronavirus cases and 20 deaths as of Friday. Russia as a whole had nearly 70,000 confirmed cases and 615 deaths.
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