Opening Of The NHS Nightingale Hospital North East

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - MAY 04: General view of beds inside ward 6 at the new NHS Nightingale North East hospital opened in response to the coronavirus pandemic on May 04, 2020 in Sunderland, United Kingdom. The formal opening will take place on May 5 with Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex opening the hospital by video link. The new NHS Nightingale hospital will be operated by Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust. The hospital will have 460-beds to treat patients and will have equipment to support patients who require ventilation. Based at the Washington International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) development the building was to be used as part of the region’s advanced manufacturing sector until used as a temporary hospital. The country continues quarantine measures intended to curb the spread of Covid-19, but the infection rate is falling, and government officials are discussing the terms under which it would ease the lockdown. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)