- Sunday 03/05/2020 at 00h13 – Updated at 01h14
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By La Provence (with AFP)
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A field hospital set up in Central Park to treat Covid-19 patients will close, the organization taking care of it announced on Saturday, a further sign, after the departure of a military hospital ship, that the pandemic is slowing down to New York.
Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical humanitarian organization, had installed at the end of March, at the height of the crisis, a dozen tents equipped with artificial respirators on a playground in the famous New York park, in front of a hospital.
She has treated a total of 191 people infected with the new coronavirus, but will stop welcoming new patients from Monday, she said in a statement, adding that she would not remove her tents for two weeks. time to take care of those currently there.
“This marks an important turning point in the coronavirus epidemic in New York, as it means the number of cases is dropping enough for the local health system to meet the needs.“, writes Samaritan’s Purse.
The announcement comes two days after the departure of the gigantic military hospital ship USNS Comfort, which arrived on March 30 in the Port of Manhattan as part of a major operation to double the number of hospital beds in New State. York, the American epicenter of the epidemic.
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