Shanghai Spends Big Money Constructing Makeshift Quarantine Facilities, Tightens COVID-19 Curbs

Employees putting together a huge makeshift quarantine facility that will be used for COVID-19 patients in Shanghai, China on April 7, 2022. CNS/AFP via Getty Images

Shanghai plans to invest over one billion yuan ( about $138 million ) to build a quarantine facility on an islet near the city center, according to a tendering document released on Oct. 13.

The construction project, titled “Fuxing Island Preparatory Makeshift Hospital and Isolation Site of Close Contacts,” was awarded to state-owned builder China Communications Construction Corp. for 1.38 billion yuan (about $191 million), according to an official announcement of the Shanghai municipal government.