Georgia is planning to reactivate Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center into a makeshift hospital as the state struggles with increasing Covid-19 hospitalizations.
The convention center first turned one of its exhibit halls into a 200-bed makeshift alternative care facility in April.
One room at a temporary hospital is viewed at the Georgia World Congress Center, Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Atlanta. Georgia.Georgia is planning to reopen a field hospital at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center as the state struggles with increasing hospitalizations and record-breaking new Covid-19 cases, according to Gov. Brian Kemp's office.
According to a release from Kemp's office, the facility will utilize state-owned equipment, such as hospital beds and medical equipment, procured through the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency earlier this year. "Over the past two weeks, we have experienced an increase in cases and hospitalizations, and following a drop-off in specimens collected over the holiday weekend, we now expect a trend of higher case numbers as new results arrive," according to a release from Kemp's office.
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