Photos: Temporary hospitals being built around the world to fight COVID-19

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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo takes a look at the emergency hospital in Kemayoran Athletes Village, in Jakarta. Governments around the world scramble to build temporary facilities to treat COVID-19 patients amid a shortage of intensive care beds and ventilators. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Ambulances drive onto the docked "Splendid" passenger ship as the first patients with coronavirus disease are transported to the ship, which has been transformed into a hospital, at the port of Genoa, Italy Image Credit: via REUTERS

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A general view of a field hospital being prepared at the Ostra Sjukhuset hospital area, in Gothenburg, Sweden Image Credit: via REUTERS

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Military personnel prepare a field hospital at the Ostra Sjukhuset hospital area, part of Shalgrenska Unversity hospital, in Gothenburg, Sweden Image Credit: AP

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A soldier wearing a face mask walks next to the tents at Dubrava hospital in Zagreb, Croatia Image Credit: REUTERS

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Beds are prepared for coronavirus patients at a military hospital set up at the IFEMA conference centre in Madrid Image Credit: via REUTERS

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An aerial view shows a construction site of a new infectious hospital on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia Image Credit: via REUTERS

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The USNS Mercy, a Navy hospital ship, departs the Naval Station San Diego and heads to the Port of Los Angeles to aid local medical facilities dealing with coronavirus in San Diego, California Image Credit: REUTERS

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French soldiers take part in a drill at the military field hospital set up outside the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse Image Credit: AFP

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Serbian military sets up the beds inside Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair to accommodate people who suffer mild symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Belgrade, Serbia Image Credit: REUTERS

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Workers assemble a 200-bed temporary field hospital for people exposed to, at risk of exposure, or becoming ill with coronavirus at the Shoreline Soccer Field in Shoreline, Washington Image Credit: REUTERS

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A medical official wearing protective gear stands outside an emergency tent, near a hospital in Czestochowa, Poland Image Credit: via REUTERS

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Workers build a patient care in a decommissioned former hospital in Laer, Germany Image Credit: REUTERS

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Soldiers of the Croatian army put up tents in front of Zagreb's KB Dubrava hospital Image Credit: AFP

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Workers assemble a temporary field hospital at the Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil Image Credit: REUTERS

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A medical specialist wearing protective gear looks out of a tent in Szczecin, Poland Image Credit: via REUTERS

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French soldiers stand near medical beds at the military field hospital set up outside the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse, France Image Credit: REUTERS

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Ventilators at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse are shipped out for distribution in Brooklyn, New York City Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medical officers check devices at an emergency hospital, handling coronavirus cases at Kemayoran Athletes Village, in Jakarta, Indonesia Image Credit: REUTERS

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People in medical suits, gloves and masks are seen near the ambulances on the deck of the docked "Splendid" passenger ship as the first coronavirus patients are transported to the ship, which has been transformed into a hospital, at the port of Genoa, Italy Image Credit: via REUTERS

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A doctor in protective suite waits for patients in a special tent for coronavirus cases near a hospital in Lublin, Poland Image Credit: via REUTERS

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Serbian military sets up the beds inside Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair in Belgrade, Serbia Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medical equipment is seen inside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the site will be partially converted into a hospital in Manhattan, New York Image Credit: NYT

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Workers assemble a second 200-bed temporary field hospital for people exposed to, at risk of exposure, or becoming ill with coronavirus at the Shoreline Soccer Field in Seattle, Washington Image Credit: REUTERS

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A Colombian soldier stands outside one of the tents being built in a parking lot of the Military Hospital for coronavirus patients , in Bogota, Colombia Image Credit: REUTERS

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