Tibet builds makeshift Covid hospitals amid China’s latest outbreak

The move in Tibet, which has reported one Covid case since 2020, comes as 16 million people remain in lockdown in Shanghai

Authorities in Tibet are building massive Covid isolation and care facilities in anticipation of further outbreaks in China even though the remote territory has reported only one case during the pandemic.

Temporary hospitals - a key feature of China's Covid response - with at least 1,000 beds each are being built in Lhasa and Shigatse by the Chinese firm Jiangsu Qi'an Construction Group. The firm said it had been tasked with building the hospitals in late March and given less than half a month" to complete them. More than 400 personnel are working across three shifts to get the job done.