这灯塔国太厉害了,抬上20个阴性病人,船上已经出现新冠病人,船员也感染了,看来还不知谁穿给谁了?
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Crew member of USNS Comfort tests positive for coronavirus
From CNN's Ryan Browne
The USNS Comfort navy hospital ship is seen docked at Pier 90 in New York City on April 3. Kena Betancur/Getty Images
A crewmember of the USNS Comfort tested positive for coronavirus, and has been isolated from patients and other crew members, a Navy spokesperson said Tuesday.
The US Navy hospital ship is currently docked in New York City harbor and had originally been designated as a space for non-coronavirus patients to alleviate the pressure from New York hospitals. On Sunday, President Trump said it could be used for coronavirus patients if needed.
There is no impact to Comfort’s mission, and this will not affect the ability for Comfort to receive patients. The ship is following protocols and taking every precaution to ensure the health and safety of all crewmembers and patients on board,” Navy spokesperson Lt. Marycate Walsh said.
Walsh said the crewmember had no contact with patients.
A US defense official tells CNN, “those who had contact with the crew member who tested positive have been tested and will remain in isolation for several days regardless of the test result, out of an abundance of caution."
The US military announced Monday night that the Comfort will take patients regardless of whether they tested positive for Covid-19. “Effective immediately, USNS COMFORT will accept trauma, emergency and urgent care patients without regard to their COVID status. The Javits New York Medical Station continues to be DoD's [the Department of Defense] primary facility for COVID-19 patients,” Walsh said.
A Navy official told CNN that the directive to treat coronavirus patients means the Comfort will now have half the capacity it would otherwise have, because of the need to separate COVID and non-COVID patients.