Members of the Maryland Military Nationwide Guard arrive at Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Heart to arrange a triage tent within the parking zone exterior of the emergency room on March 19, 2020 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Hospitals throughout the nation are getting ready for an inflow of extra sufferers as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
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President Donald Trump on Sunday introduced that he has activated the Nationwide Guard in California, New York and Washington state as a way to fight the unfold of the coronavirus. The administration emphasised that the deployment of guard members just isn't martial legislation.
The state governors will retain command of the Nationwide Guard, however the Federal Emergency Administration Company will cowl all prices of the missions to reply to the virus outbreak.
"We're dealing additionally with different states. These states have been hit the toughest," the president stated throughout a White Home press briefing.
As of Sunday morning, not less than 7,300 Nationwide Guard members...
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