Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomes USNS Comfort to New York City on Monday, March 30, 2020. The U.S. Navy hospital ship will help alleviate the strain on local hospitals due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomes USNS Comfort to New York City on Monday, March 30, 2020. The U.S. Navy hospital ship will help alleviate the strain on local hospitals due to the COVID-19 outbreak. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)

A Navy hospital ship arrives, a field hospital opens in Central Park and Cuomo asks for more health care workers to come to New York

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31 Mar 2020 | 09:27
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The coronavirus pandemic has brought New York City hospitals to the brink of their capacity, forcing the government to find and create new facilities to treat patients.

On Monday, a Navy hospital ship arrived in New York Harbor and will provide 1,000 needed beds. Aboard the USNS Comfort, which is docked...