CoronavirusLivestream of Wuhan hospitals' construction attracts 65m viewers
Amid coronavirus fears, state-owned CCTV's app fascinates 'online overseers'
CCTV's livestreaming video app shows hospitals under construction in Wuhan, China. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
WENCY CHEN, KrAsia
January 31, 2020 14:42 JST
BEIJING -- As workers race to build two new makeshift hospitals within 10 days in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province and the epicenter of the deadly 2019-nCoV outbreak, over 65 million Chinese are watching the livestream of the construction via state-owned broadcaster CCTV's app.