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The 2010 Tour of Britain peloton races past London's ExCel Centre (copyright Simon MacMichael)London's ExCeL centre becomes 4,000 bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients
Less than two weeks ago, there were no plans to cancel the London Bike Show, due to have been held this weekend. But instead the show’s venue, the ExCeL exhibition centre in the capital’s Docklands, is being hurriedly converted into a temporary hospital to treat victims of the coronavirus pandemic.
It's a stark sign of how quickly the crisis has taken hold in the capital. While around 37 per cent of the 6,650 cases so far confirmed are in London, and the city accounts for more than half the 423 deaths in the UK to date.
Named The Nightingale Hospital, the temporary facility at the 100,000 square metre venue will be operated and staffed by the military and will have 500 beds, rising to 4,000 beds once fully operational. It is due to openby next week.
According to the Ministry of Defence, it is the first of several such facilities planned across the UK, with London chosen as the site of the first because the city is running 1.5 to 2 weeks ahead of the rest of the country in terms of the number of cases of coronavirus.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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- BBB 54 min 43 sec ago
Inhumane system that now will be getting even worse.
- Bungle_52 4 hours 18 min ago
In case anyone missed it in yesterdays blog here are the two pevious articles. The second one contains the testimony from the driver....
- David9694 4 hours 27 min ago
The old role was appointed at the Mayor's pleasure; is in addition to the permanent staff of the Combined Authority. I'm not sure if Adam was an...
- WillPage 5 hours 52 min ago
Nothing says "welcoming environment" like uniformed thugs, umm I mean "security patrols " roaming the area.
- galibiervelo 7 hours 10 min ago
That is class news. Super bikes and vision. Bet there will be no stand at the Taiwan bike show next year! Big luck to all the team
- Destroyer666 7 hours 52 min ago
Pretty clearly stated several times in the text that the issue was not related just to his son. And besides, everybody watching the races could see...
- Rendel Harris 8 hours 8 min ago
All Fizik and Selle Italia saddles (though not all their other products) are made in Italy I believe, and their 3D printed models definitely are.
- chrisonabike 8 hours 34 min ago
If you're not on the road with a car, I bet its driver is much less likely to swerve into your space *. Because you're not "in the way"! (Any...
- mdavidford 8 hours 50 min ago
The problem with this argument, though, is that it's just not true....
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Also the venue for registration for RideLondon, which just hours earlier issued a statement saying they were still planning for going ahead.