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((Department of Defense will deploy national guard and reserve units to help))
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/mar/17/trump-coronavirus-florida-ohio-illinois-arizona-democrtaic-primaries-biden-sanders-live-updates(snip)
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Department of Defense will deploy national guard and reserve units to help
The Department of Defense will make 5m masks available from “strategic reserves” said secretary Mark Esper. One million will be made available immediately. The DOD will also make available 13 laboratories capable of testing for COVID-19, as well as 2000 ventilators.
“We are considering activating national guard and reserve units,” he added, to help with coronavirus challenge. He said he’s also willing to make the Army Corps of Engineers available to help if asked. Hospital ships USNS Comfort (in Norfolk, Virginia) and USNS Mercy (in San Diego, California) may also become available to help relieve civilian hospitals. Since these ships are geared toward treating trauma rather than illness, those theoretically could take trauma cases out of hospitals to make room for coronavirus patients.
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