Four makeshift hospitals completed in 48 hours at Qingdao airport
A crane lifts a mobile cabin at a construction site at Qingdao Liuting International Airport. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Four makeshift hospitals were completed within 48 hours at Qingdao Liuting International Airport in East China's Shandong province in response to the growing number of imported COVID-19 cases.
The hospitals were immediately put into operation on Wednesday to check the health conditions of inbound passengers.
A worker welds at the construction site of a mobile cabin hospital at Qingdao Liuting International Airport. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The airport is one of 12 domestic airports where all Beijing-bound flights must reroute first before heading to the capital city, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of China.
Workers set up a framing structure for a mobile cabin hospital at Qingdao Liuting International Airport. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
As of Thursday noon the city had reported seven imported confirmed COVID-19 cases since March 10.
A team from the Fourth Construction Co Ltd of China Construction Eighth Engineering Division completes four mobile cabin hospitals within 48 hours at Qingdao Liuting International Airport. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The mobile cabin hospital project was completed by the Fourth Construction Co Ltd of China Construction Eighth Engineering Division.
