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Health care workers in New York protested over the weekend the lack of protection.
USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, arrived in New York City on Monday.
Field hospitals are often used in times of war. And according to experts on the front lines, that's what this is.
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The New Jersey governor called the party "stupid" and said he would "name and shame" anybody who throws one.
"In no hospital in New York will a woman be forced to be alone when she gives birth. Not now, not ever," Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted Saturday.
The Army has accessed 181 facilities across the country that could possibly become other field hospitals.
Josef Neumann, 72, died Sunday night, the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council said in a tweet.
The 60 Minutes team faced challenges reporting on the situation inside New York hospitals now that the city is a COVID-19 epicenter. Producer Maria Gavrilovic explains how they did it.
Scott Pelley reports from hospitals in New York City, the new epicenter for COVID-19. Doctors describe how some patients with the disease can deteriorate suddenly and require lifesaving intensive care.
New York state has the most cases of coronavirus in the country.
New York is the hardest-hit state in the nation, with over 52,000 reported cases of the total 110,000 confirmed cases in the country as of Saturday.
He has repeatedly stressed a need for more hospital beds and ventilators to treat an expected rising number of patients.
Some kids went straight to the phone to thank the pharmacists and the fire chiefs and the nurses tending to grandparents in memory care. Others used sidewalk chalk to thank their mail carriers.
Scott Pelley reports on health care workers battling the pandemic and the efforts to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed with patients, Sunday on 60 Minutes.
Advocates say shelters are already over capacity, and those experiencing homelessness face a high risk of contracting the virus.
New York is the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
The president said he has "a feeling" that the requests are bigger than what states really need.
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday praised the pop star, saying, "We're so appreciative of your help and that of so many others who have stepped up."
He also said that people should be prepared for New York City to remain closed through May
The current framework of laws reaffirms that governors and states hold the main levers of control during disasters, according to CBS News legal analyst Jonathan Turley.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said that a 17-year-old is now among the dead.
"We need leaders like you in this tough time," one ER doctor wrote after receiving the pizza.
The number of COVID-19 infections worldwide climbed to almost 471,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
As the deadly pandemic sweeps the nation, some courts have even reopened after the Department of Justice confirmed people who where there tested positive for coronavirus.