The venue closed last month due to the coronavirus crisis The O2 Arena in London is set to serve as a training facility for frontline workers who will be treating coronavirus patients at the NHS Nightingale hospital.

Constructed at the ExCeL centre, the temporary hospital houses over 80 wards and has the capacity for 4,000 COVID-19 patients.

Its first admissions arrived there on Tuesday (April 7), just two weeks after it was announced to the public. Today (April 9), it was confirmed that London’s O2 will open its doors to train NHS workers from this Sunday (April 12) until June 29.

The O2 Arena closed its doors on March 16 following official advice issued by the UK government. A statement explains that the NHS will be using the space as an

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