Workers put in place a temporary hospital ward made of shipping containers outside the Seoul Medical Centre on Thursday. Photo: AP
Coronavirus: South Korea uses shipping containers for hospital beds amid resurgence
- With the number of cases rising to 700 from just 100 in a month, two public hospitals in the capital have been forced to build makeshift treatment facilities
- Health minister warns that country is in ‘critical situation’ and that the coronavirus ‘has been spreading widely in cold weather’
Workers put in place a temporary hospital ward made of shipping containers outside the Seoul Medical Centre on Thursday. Photo: AP