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Transit Center
A staff member registers an inbound passenger’s information at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing on March 17. Beijing has converted the exhibition center into a transit center for inbound passengers from countries with high risks of COVID-19. The center, divided into different zones according to the destinations of passengers, is used for people showing no fever, cough or other symptoms during the health inspection at the airport.
Hospital Reopens
Over 600 medical workers from 22 Beijing hospitals have been assigned to work at the Xiaotangshan Hospital, which reopened on March 16 to treat patients with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the capital’s mounting pressure to handle imported cases.
On March 16, the hospital tested 35 travelers transferred from the Beijing Capital International Airport, with one person from the United Kingdom testing positive for the virus, according
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