100,000 Hospital Beds to be Added in Hubei, China, Ground Zero of Coronavirus Outbreak

A security personnel wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus that began in Wuhan, talks with a subway staff (L) wearing a mask at a subway station entrance in Beijing on Jan. 27, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images

The epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, China’s Hubei Province, is opening up 100,000 hospital beds in an effort to contain the disease, the province’s vice governor announced on Jan. 27.

At least 17 cities in the province have been placed under a lockdown, stranding tens of millions of people amid the Chinese New Year holiday, the country’s peak migration season.