The US Hospital Navy ships to be deployed would be used as trauma centers , so that nearby hospitals would focus on the Coronavirus cases because of the pandemic .
One of the early and largest buildings to be converted is the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City , which was quickly being transformed into a 2000-bed care facility on March 23 , 2020.N.Y . 's Javits Center to Add 2,000 Beds to System Under Strain March 23 , 2020 www.bloomberg.com , accessed March 26 , 2020In addition to the many popup hospitals nationwide , the United States Navy prepared to deploy two hospital ships , USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort , on March 18 to assist potentially overwhelmed counties with acute patient care .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States