To contain coronavirus, US Navy to deploy hospital ships

The hospital ships were one of the few suggestions some analysts have made when discussing what the US Armed Forces could do to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.

San Diego-based hospital ship USNS Mercy prepares for possible deployment to aid the typhoon-stricken areas of the Philippines from its port in San Diego, California November 15, 2013.

(photo credit: MIKE BLAKE/ REUTERS)

ByAARON REICH

MARCH 17, 2020 22:55

To contain coronavirus, US Navy to deploy hospital ships

The hospital ships were one of the few suggestions some analysts have made when discussing what the US Armed Forces could do to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.

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To contain coronavirus, US Navy to deploy hospital ships

The hospital ships were one of the few suggestions some analysts have made when discussing what the US Armed Forces could do to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.

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