Covid-19: Borussia Dortmund transforms the Signal Iduna Park into a Coronavirus treatment centre

Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) are transforming their stadium, the Signal Iduna Park (81,365 capacity), in to a Coronavirus treatment centre, announced the German club on 03/04/2020. "Starting from tomorrow, Saturday (04/04/2020), it is medical care - for coronavirus patients and suspected cases, as well as for patients experiencing related complaints - rather than football that will take centre-stage in the North Stand area."

Borussia Dortmund will be working alongside the KVWL (Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians for Westfalen-Lippe, GER), in order to operate the treatment centre (see below), which "will be open every day between 12:00 CET and 16:00 CET, with no prior registration required," said the club.

"Our stadium is the flagship of our city; it is a focal point for almost everyone in Dortmund (GER) and the surrounding area, and thanks to its technical, infrastructural and spatial qualities it is the ideal location to actively help people who have been infected with the Coronavirus or who are experiencing related complaints such as respiratory problems and…