China's Wuhan to build second designated hospital to treat coronavirus patients -state media

China's Wuhan city, the center of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, will build a second dedicated hospital to treat patients, state media the People's Daily reported on Saturday. Construction of hospital, designed to have 1,300 beds, is scheduled to be completed in half a month.

Construction has started on the first dedicated hospital and is due to be finished by Feb 3. The virus outbreak has killed 41 and infected more than 1,300 globally.