SUIFENHE, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The medical treatment capability in Suifenhe, the city facing growing pressure from imported COVID-19 cases at the China-Russia border in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has been further improved after more medical teams and resources were sent there.

At the same time, after constructing and reconstructing a batch of makeshift hospitals and designated hospitals in Suifenhe, which is under the jurisdiction of the city of Mudanjiang, Mudanjiang has a total of 1,230 hospital beds. All the COVID-19 patients should be timely received and treated, said local authorities.

A temporary hospital in Suifenhe has been ready for use as the number of imported COVID-19 cases keeps rising. Acting mayor Wang Yongping said the hospital, converted from an office building, will provide 600 beds for asymptomatic cases and patients with mild symptoms. Some 400 medics from medical facilities of the Mudanjiang City have been sent to Suifenhe, preparing for carrying out treatment in the hospital.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] Photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows the ward at a makeshift hospital converted from an office building, in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The makeshift hospital in Suifenhe, a city at the China-Russia border in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, will provide some 600 beds for patients. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] Photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows the medical supplies at a makeshift hospital converted from an office building, in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] Photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows the entrance to contaminated area at a makeshift hospital converted from an office building, in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] A security officer is on duty at the monitoring room of a makeshift hospital converted from an office building, in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 14, 2020.  (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] Photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows the medical equipment at a makeshift hospital converted from an office building, in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.  (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] A worker places medical waste bins at a makeshift hospital converted from an office building, in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 14, 2020. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)[/caption]

At present, a total of 289 medical workers, including 29 national-level and 260 provincial- and municipal-level medics, have been dispatched to help Suifenhe fight against the epidemic. Around 1,500 medical staff in the province are ready to aid designated hospitals in Suifenhe.

Meanwhile, 15 negative pressure ambulances and 3,408 sets of medical equipment were also mobilized, said local authorities.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] A staff member gestures on a truck transporting medical materials to Suifenhe of Heilongjiang Province in Shenyang,  northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)[/caption]

A mobile negative pressure lab set up by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention was also put into operation on Monday in Suifenhe, raising the city's daily nucleic acid testing capability to 1,000, said the information office of the provincial government at a press conference.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] A medical worker prepares to enter a mobile negative pressure lab in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on April 13, 2020.  (Xinhua/Dong Baosen)■[/caption]