Wuhan, China, Is Scrambling To Build A Hospital In Just 6 Days To Treat Coronavirus Patients Its Health System Gets Overwhelmed

STR/AFP via Getty Images/Xinhua/Cheng Min via Getty Images/Business Insider The Chinese city of Wuhan is rushing to build a new hospital in just six days to treat patients of the deadly coronavirus. Excavation has started at a site in Wuhan, where the outbreak started, and where doctors describe an overwhelmed medical system. The city, and at least nine others, have had their public transport links shut off, leaving a total of 30 million people quarantined in a bid to stop the virus from spreading further. Wuhan's strategy mirrors Beijing's efforts to control the deadly SARS coronavirus outbreak in 2003, when it built a hospital in just seven days that treated one-seventh of the country's patients. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The Chinese city of Wuhan is rushing to build a brand-new hospital within six days to treat patients of the coronavirus that has killed at least 26 people across the country and is overwhelming the quarantined city's health system. The 2019-nCoV virus, which has infected more than 870 people as of Friday morning, originated in Wuhan.