Photos show the National Guard converting New York City's Javits Center into a disaster hospital for coronavirus patients
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.In an effort to combat the alarming increase of coronavirus cases, the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan is being converted into an emergency hospital.
There will be 320 Federal Emergency Management Agency workers assigned to the four hospitals in the center.of any US state. In an effort to create more space for the increasing number of coronavirus patients, the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan is being converted into a makeshift hospital.Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images
That will account for 1,000 beds. The state is also hoping to add an additional 1,000 beds for less intensive medical care, Cuomo said."This was never an intended use, but you do what you have to do. That's the New York way. That's the American way," Cuomo said when he visited the center on Monday.Mike Segar/Reuters
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