POLAND TO TRANSFORM STADIUM INTO COVID HOSPITAL

Poland's government is transforming the National Stadium in Warsaw into a temporary field hospital to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Euronews.

The 58,500-capacity stadium will have room for 500 patients and will be equipped with oxygen therapy, government spokesperson Piotr Muller said.

Patients will be accommodated in the stadium's numerous conference rooms and multi-purpose facilities located under its stands from the end of this week.

Poland is now witnessing an exponential surge of coronavirus infections, after experiencing very low rates of infection in the spring compared to western European countries.

It is unclear how the government will staff the hospital given widespread reports of a shortage of doctors and medical professionals in the country.

The National Stadium was constructed to host matches for the EURO 2012 championship.