Manchester City's Etihad Stadium is going to be used by the NHS in the battle against Covid-19. Health chiefs have accepted an offer from the Premier League champions to harness the facilities at their home ground during the coronavirus pandemic.
City will open up their conference rooms and executive boxes for the duration of the crisis. A temporary hospital is already being built at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in the city centre in readiness for the expected peak in numbers of infected people needing specialised medical attention.
It is probable that the Etihad will be used as a training base for doctors and nurses when the health crisis really takes hold.