China News Service, May 1 (Xinhua) According to foreign media reports, on April 30 local time, the US Navy medical ship "Consolation" left New York in the tribute of New York City police and firefighters and returned to the Norfolk station in Virginia. .
Data map: Medical ship "Consolation".
According to reports, the "Consolation" has admitted a total of 182 patients with new crowns since it docked at the Manhattan Pier on March 30. A Navy spokesman said that at present, these patients have returned home or taken to other hospitals.
The spokesman said that although the "Consolation" left New York, the medical ship and its medical working group will still prepare for future missions. The Navy, along with the full-time force of the North Command of the United States, is still involved in the fight against the new crown epidemic nationwide. "
According to reports, the "consolation" with 1,000 beds does not accept new crown patients when it arrives in New York. But New York Governor Como asked President Trump to allow medical ships to accept patients with new coronaviruses, and Trump agreed. To this end, the medical ship was reconfigured into a 500-bed hospital to avoid the spread of the virus.