NEW YORK: New York’s governor urgently appealed for medical volunteers on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) amid a “staggering” number of coronavirus deaths, as he and health officials warned that the crisis unfolding in New York City is just a preview of what other United States communities could soon face.
Members of the international Christian humanitarian organization Samaritans's Purse, put the finishing touches on a field hospital in New York's Central Park on March 30, 2020 in New York City. The group, which is led by Franklin Graham, has deployed to help combat the coronavirus outbreak in New York. Samaritan's Purse will open a 68-bed field hospital that is specifically equipped to serve as a respiratory care unit. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP