The US Navy Hospital Ship Is Leaving New York
- 4 years ago
On Tuesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to ship the US Navy hospital ship Comfort back to its original base in Virginia.
The US Navy hospital ship was sent to Manhattan, New York in late March to help the city's hospitals, which were overwhelmed with coronavirus cases.
But the Javits convention center was also converted into a temporary hospital, and Comfort didn't receive a lot of patients.
As of Tuesday, it had helped just 179 people.
Cuomo said, "It did give us comfort but we don't need it anymore, so if they need to deploy that somewhere else, they should take it."
During Tuesday's White House coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump said that USNS Comfort will be sent back to its Virginia base, "so that we could have it for other locations."
The US Navy hospital ship was sent to Manhattan, New York in late March to help the city's hospitals, which were overwhelmed with coronavirus cases.
But the Javits convention center was also converted into a temporary hospital, and Comfort didn't receive a lot of patients.
As of Tuesday, it had helped just 179 people.
Cuomo said, "It did give us comfort but we don't need it anymore, so if they need to deploy that somewhere else, they should take it."
During Tuesday's White House coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump said that USNS Comfort will be sent back to its Virginia base, "so that we could have it for other locations."