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An emergency hospital that was constructed in eight days for the treatment of coronavirus patients in China has been completed. 

Construction on Huoshenshan, a hospital with 1,000 beds, was finished today and it will be able to receive patients from tomorrow, state media said.

The 269,000-square-foot building is one of two new hospitals that has been constructed in Wuhan in the wake of the World Health Organisation's declaration of global emergency.

The design for the buildings was based on a Beijing hospital that was constructed in 2003 to help tackle the SARS virus.  

Engineers from across the country were reportedly brought in to help speed up construction. 

Like the hospital in Beijing, the Wuhan centre will be made out of prefabricated buildings. 

The hospitals will either be allowed to take supplies from other hospitals or order them from factories.