US Army to convert CenturyLink Field Event Center into field hospital

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA will deploy a military field hospital at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle to assist the region ’s hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak. The move, which calls on 300 soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado, comes after Gov. Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan called for military support, according to a news release from the mayor's office Friday. The effort will create at least 150 hosp ital beds for non-COVID-19 cases. “As we continue to…
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