It is a boat synonymous with hope. Departing from Virginia, the US Navy hospital ship arrived in New York on Monday, March 30, the epicenter of the Covid-19 epidemic in the United States. The 1,000 beds on board are more than welcome at a time when hospitals are saturated. “We have intubated and very sick patients in their thirties “, says Arabia Mollette, emergency doctor in a Brooklyn hospital. The pediatric service has been converted into a Covid unit in a hospital. A glass door is the only way families can see their loved ones while talking on their cell phones like a prison visiting room.
Dazed, an inhabitant films the loading of a body in the middle of the street in a refrigerated truck. New York has more than 770 dead and more than 33,000 cases Monday evening. Donald Trump, who had promised that his country would only have fifteen cases a month ago, finally gave another figure: “100,000 or 200,000 dead “. A field hospital is being set up in Central Park and 400 ventilators and staff are still lacking to deal with the pandemic.
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