Comfort sanitary vessel arrived in New York City for 1000 beds
The USNS Comfort Floating Hospital, designed for 1000 beds, arrived at the port of New York City. This is reported on March 30 by RIA Novosti. The vessel is equipped with 12 operational and intensive care equipment. Thanks to the floating hospital, in the city it will be possible to free some places in hospitals by transporting patients not infected with coronavirus to the ship. In addition, there is a medical team on the ship, it will take on part of the burden of treatment and care of patients and this will facilitate the work of doctors of the state of New York. In addition to the floating hospital, engineering troops arrived in the city to erect additional hospitals. Currently, the U.S. state of New York has the highest number of coronavirus infections detected. The state authorities are preparing for a peak in the epidemic, which, according to preliminary calculations, could come in three weeks. Earlier, the news agency reported that 32,308 cases of HIV infection had been detected...