As COVID-19 infection curve elongates in some places, Army Corps of Engineers has more time to build hospitals

Military Times: More than a month into their mission to help cities and states stand up the space for thousands of extra hospital beds, the Army Corps of Engineers is gaining some time, its commander told reporters Friday.

Two weeks ago, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite warned that mayors and governors needed to move quickly to get plans signed off and construction underway in order to have enough capacity to absorb their peak infection predictions, but it’s starting to look like some places aren’t going to get hit hard all at once, like they’d thought.

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