FACT CHECK: Andrew Cuomo Claims New York ‘Was on its Own’, Without Help During Coronavirus
Andrew Cuomo was fact-checked for telling the public New York was alone in the fight against the Chinese coronavirus despite getting aid from Donald Trump.
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Hundreds of Hospital Beds Left Empty on the USNS Comfort and Javits Center During Cuomo’s Nursing Home Order
However, the ship — even after it began taking COVID-19 patients in early April, remained largely unused — while nursing homes accepted COVID-19 positive residents under New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order.
$21 Million Brooklyn Field Hospital Shutters After Seeing No Coronavirus Patients
A $21 million field hospital in Brooklyn, New York, authorized by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic opened and closed without seeing any patients.
USNS Mercy Leaving LA After Treating 77 Patients
The USNS Mercy, a 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship sent to Los Angeles to help take pressure off hospitals — which officials predicted would be overrun by novel coronavirus patients — is departing on Friday after treating just 77 patients.
USNS Comfort Saluted Goodbye After Treating 182 Patients
First responders saluted the USNS Comfort on Thursday as it departed New York City, the U.S. epicenter of the Chinese coronavirus, after just 182 patients were treated on board.
Andrew Cuomo Blames Nursing Homes’ Greed for Not Rejecting Coronavirus Patients State Made Them Accept
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo suggested Monday that “money” was partly to blame for nursing homes failing to turn away coronavirus patients that they could not care for — after a state directive requiring them to take those patients.
New York Denies Nursing Home’s Coronavirus Patients Admittance to Underused Federal Hospitals
Coronavirus patients at a Brooklyn nursing home were denied admission to both of the federal medical facilities established in New York.
1,000-Bed Hospital Ship USNS Comfort to Leave New York City
USNS Comfort, the Navy hospital ship that docked in New York Harbor earlier this month to provide relief to hospitals overrun by an influx of Chinese coronavirus patients, is ready to return to its Virginia home port.
Donald Trump Opens Up USNS Comfort to Coronavirus Patients
“It is a big ship. It is set for Covid and we are going to, hopefully — it will be very helpful to both states,” Trump said, revealing that he spoke to both governor Murphy and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
1,000-Bed USNS Comfort Only Had 20 Patients Aboard
The USNS Comfort, the Navy hospital ship that docked in New York Harbor this week as part of a greater effort to relieve hospitals overrun by an influx of coronavirus patients, only had 20 patients aboard as of Thursday evening.
Coronavirus: Beachgoer Captures Inspirational Photo of USNS Comfort Headed to Aid New York
Facebook user Kyle Brown shared a beautiful photo of a man raising the American flag in salute to the USNS Comfort as it departed Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday.
Onlookers Witness Arrival of Navy Hospital Ship in NYC, Ignore Social Distancing Orders
Individuals in New York City disregarded the repeated orders to practice proper social distancing on Monday as a crowd formed to witness the arrival of the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort.
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Hit 2,000 After Doubling in Two Days
In the space of 48-hours the U.S. death toll from the Chinese cornonavirus pandemic passed 2,000 late Saturday, figures confirm.
Watch Live: Trump Speaks at Naval Station Norfolk Send Off for USNS Comfort
President Donald Trump is traveling to Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday to say bon voyage to USNS Comfort, the U.S. navy hospital ship departing for New York City to aid in the city’s response to the coronavirus.
U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Comfort Expected to Arrive to New York Early Next Week
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort will arrive alongside New York City as early as next week, Navy officials said Thursday.
New Hampshire House Candidate and Navy Reservist Lynne Blankenbeker to Deploy in Coronavirus Fight
New Hampshire congressional candidate and Navy Reserve Capt. Lynne Blankenbeker is deploying in the fight against the coronavirus.
U.S. Navy Hospital Ships Soon to Deploy on Coronavirus Support Missions
The Navy is deploying two hospital ships to treat non-coronavirus patients to help alleviate a potential strain on civilian hospitals.
Coronavirus: Pentagon Says Navy Hospital Ship to Head to New York City; Another Ready to Go
The Pentagon said it was deploying its two hospital ships at the direction of the president to assist with the nation’s coronavirus response.
Mattis: Venezuela’s Maduro a ‘Despot’ Who Will Ultimately ‘Have to Go’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis recently criticized Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro as a “despot” who will ultimately “have to go” but indicated the U.S. would not use military force to make it happen.
