Hospitals being built to cope with infections

Guangzhou reacts to continuing spike in virus cases with more medical resources

More makeshift hospitals are being built in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, to boost its treatment capacity for COVID-19 infections, according to a local health official.

Medical resources at all levels will be optimized and put into operation as the number of new infections increases significantly across the city, said Zhang Yi, deputy director of the Guangzhou Health Commission.

At a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, Zhang said the treatment capacity in makeshift hospitals would be expanded as soon as possible, with a mechanism for transferring infected people also being optimized.