People work at the Xiaotangshan Hospital which is under renovation in Beijing, capital of China, February 16, 2020. Beijing has begun to renovate its hospital Xiaotangshan, formerly used to quarantine SARS patients, as a precaution in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a press conference. Whether the hospital will be put into use will be based on the future development of the outbreak. (Photo: China News Service/ Mao Jianjun)

People work at the Xiaotangshan Hospital which is under renovation in Beijing, capital of China, February 16, 2020. Beijing has begun to renovate its hospital Xiaotangshan, formerly used to quarantine SARS patients, as a precaution in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a press conference. Whether the hospital will be put into use will be based on the future development of the outbreak. (Photo: China News Service/ Mao Jianjun)

People work at the Xiaotangshan Hospital which is under renovation in Beijing, capital of China, February 16, 2020. Beijing has begun to renovate its hospital Xiaotangshan, formerly used to quarantine SARS patients, as a precaution in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a press conference. Whether the hospital will be put into use will be based on the future development of the outbreak. (Photo: China News Service/ Mao Jianjun)

People work at the Xiaotangshan Hospital which is under renovation in Beijing, capital of China, February 16, 2020. Beijing has begun to renovate its hospital Xiaotangshan, formerly used to quarantine SARS patients, as a precaution in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a press conference. Whether the hospital will be put into use will be based on the future development of the outbreak. (Photo: China News Service/ Mao Jianjun)