China At least two workers who participated in the construction of the Fire Spirit Hospital in Wuhan in late January reported positive for corona virus.

Li Guangda, manager of Chinese construction company Hunan Dawei, said a 28-year-old worker named Ma Ke was found infected with a new corona virus (nCoV) on February 13 after arriving in Wuhan to participate in the construction of a field hospital. Fire Spirit. The second, Lin, 48, received a positive result with nCoV on 10 February after two days of isolation in a hospital in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province.

Ma Ke was among 10 workers sent by Hunan Dawei to build Fire Spirit Son, one of two field hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, where the corona pneumonia outbreak (Covid-19) started. This hospital was constructed in 10 days, covering an area of 25,000 square meters with 1,000 beds.

However, the manager said that the working conditions at the site were quite bad, lacking protective equipment such as high-quality masks. "Many workers have to work at the same time and crowded together. The density of people is very high," Li added.

Ma Ke is responsible for installing water and electricity lines, without any symptoms of Covid-19. The health status of Lin's workers is unknown.

In addition to Fire Spirit, the second field hospital in Wuhan, Lei Shen Son, took just 12 days to complete with an area of 30,000 square meters and contained 1,500 beds. Two hospitals have been built "speedy" to reduce the pressure on medical facilities in Wuhan when the number of patients is increasing.

China recorded an additional 2,641 cases of nCoV today, including 2,420 cases in Hubei province, bringing the total number of infected people to 54,406. Around the world, the disease has occurred in 27 countries and territories, causing 67,100 people infected and 1,526 deaths.