NYC to turn US Open tennis courts into hospital for coronavirus patients with hopes of playing in August, Mayor de Blasio says
The tennis courts that host the U.S. Open are being turned into a field hospital for coronavirus patients as New York City officials ramp up medical staff, supplies and facilities for an anticipated wave of COVID-19 patients in April and May, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday. The tennis center is one of a handful of makeshift field hospitals the city is building to house coronavirus patients. Over the weekend, Samaritan's Purse and Mount Sinai Health System in New York City began erecting a field hospital in Central Park. De Blasio said it will take three weeks to fully build the hospital at the tennis center; patients will be transferred from Elmhurst Hospital starting next week. More than half of the state's cases are in New York City.
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