China Plans $221m Covid Quarantine Centre on Island – Caixin

China plans to spend around $221 million on a new Covid quarantine centre on an island in Shanghai’s inner city river, Caixin Global reported.

The building project, which involves renovating an existing hospital to have 3,009 isolation rooms and 3,250 beds, will be completed in six months, the report said.

Read the full report: Caixin Global

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Alfie Habershon

Alfie is a Reporter at Asia Financial. He previously lived in Mumbai reporting on India's economy and healthcare for data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, as well as having worked for London based Tortoise Media.

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