Minecraft players are recreating China’s rapidly built Wuhan hospitals
Minecraft gamers are using online blueprints to digitally rebuild two medical centers used to help fight the coronavirus
Many people in China have turned to video games to pass time as the coronavirus outbreak keeps cities locked down. And some gamers are finding creative uses for their time. Multiple Minecraft players have taken to digitally recreating the construction of the new medical centres in Wuhan that were rapidly erected to help fight the spread of the deadly Covid-19 disease.
Still, a video the Ancient Stone released on Bilibili shows a detailed (albeit blocky) digital structure that appears to be surprisingly faithful to the actual buildings. The virtual recreations include intensive-care units, patient wards and hundreds of medical professionals.
Minecraft said that the aim of the project is to educate teenage gamers about infectious diseases and offer tips and tricks about how to properly wear a mask in real life.
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