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

Governments around the world scramble to build interim facilities to treat corona patients

Published: March 25, 2020 16:24 Compiled by Balaram Menon

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Copy of 2020-03-23T055016Z_1435939402_RC2HPF94QGMR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDONESIA-1585139021439 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-24T090158Z_132924418_RC29QF9PR5C6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585139059174 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-24T182023Z_1819315479_RC2IQF9FY0TG_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SWEDEN-1585139047503 — 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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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Sweden_36010.jpg-a0961-1585139042967 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-21T121238Z_971376714_RC2COF93X1FU_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CROATIA-1585139015737 — A soldier wearing a face mask walks next to the tents at Dubrava hospital in Zagreb, Croatia Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-22T102702Z_475969874_RC2YOF9SJD44_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1585139051676 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-18T132443Z_1097672552_RC2DMF97DSJC_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RUSSIA-1585139061926 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-24T052131Z_677919330_RC2YPF99PPOI_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-1585139072400 — 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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Copy of 726273-01-08-1585139082416 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-24T153131Z_1006313755_RC2BQF92ANMK_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SERBIA-1585139101917 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-19T174227Z_1112926258_RC25NF9WHM7X_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-1585139092351 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-11T143928Z_1786209571_RC2QHF950N5Y_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-POLAND-1585139065697 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-21T133118Z_305124700_UP1EG3L11K61M_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-GERMANY-1585139018823 — Workers build a patient care in a decommissioned former hospital in Laer, Germany Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 703602-01-08-1585139012082 — Soldiers of the Croatian army put up tents in front of Zagreb's KB Dubrava hospital Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-23T163212Z_772657370_RC2SPF90T90I_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BRAZIL-1585139086034 — Workers assemble a temporary field hospital at the Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-19T133015Z_483404205_RC21NF91XW9Z_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-POLAND-1585139068185 — A medical specialist wearing protective gear looks out of a tent in Szczecin, Poland Image Credit: via REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-24T124742Z_171018921_RC2CQF9EE00Q_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-1585139036333 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-24T154439Z_78703540_RC2FQF93FJVJ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-NEW-YORK-1585139077565 — 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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Copy of 20200323139L-1585139039182 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-24T090731Z_1009559453_RC29QF9VTJM4_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585139055952 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-23T132758Z_575638877_RC2PPF9SQPMB_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-POLAND-1585139096962 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-24T115457Z_1239305657_RC2BQF9UOTHM_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SERBIA-1585139025686 — Serbian military sets up the beds inside Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair in Belgrade, Serbia Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of NY-VIRUS-2~5-1585139089272 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-22T061530Z_1712353053_RC2UOF9G9WJR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-1585139028647 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-23T203515Z_198529539_RC2WPF9V3UEK_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-COLOMBIA-1585139031996 — 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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