A new 1,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients is set to open in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, on Monday.
The Huoshenshan hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment and ventilation and was built in just eight days.
A second 1,600-bed hospital is currently under construction in Wuhan and will be completed on February 5.
The flu-like has killed 361 people and infected more than 17,000 in China.
6 die at temple in India's Bihar after 'stampede-like' event, officials say
At least six people have died in an incident police suspect was triggered by a falling electricity pole that alarmed a crowd of worshippers at a temple in India's eastern state of Bihar, officials said on Monday.
Trump's envoys meet mediators, Israel strikes Gaza
Donald Trump's envoys met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, in a bid to advance the US president's Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with airstrikes in the enclave.
Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes deadliest in country's history
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country's history.
South Korea landslide kills one as heavy rains sweep southern areas
A landslide in South Korea has killed one person and injured three, media reports said on Monday, as heavy rainfall lashed the country's southern region.
12 killed, 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary
Twelve people have been killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday morning in a Facebook post.
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