Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | A view down an empty Las Vegas Boulevard during the closure of hotels and casinos along the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas on March 29. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | A man walks in an uncrowded Central Park. At least 137 dead after Beirut explosions; 300,000 homeless Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations screen international passengers arriving at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., on March 13. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | President Donald Trump, surrounded by members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, is seen in a reflection as he delivers remarks on the pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 22. Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/UPI | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels air demonstration teams perform a salute to healthcare workers and others battling the coronavirus during a flyover of Chicago. This is the U.S. Navy blog site for the 2020 deployment of Navy hospital ships USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) to provide medical support to Americans in … Photo by Master Sgt. © 1996-2020 Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.
"The entire Comfort team safely, efficiently and effectively completed their maintenance availability, readied the hospital for patients, moved aboard and readied the ship for operations in minimal time," said Capt. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | Healthcare professionals with Children's National Hospital collect samples for COVID-19 testing at a facility on the campus of Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C., on April 2. Supplies and personnel are loaded aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 24, 2020. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. Patients will not be accepted on a walk-on basis, and should not come to the pier with an expectation that they can receive care.Comfort is operated, navigated and maintained by a crew of civil service mariners working for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command.A converted San Clemente-class supertanker, Comfort was delivered to the Navy's Military Sealift Command in December 1987, and is the second of two Mercy-class hospital ships.“The success of Comfort and how well we do our mission depends on the cooperation and the relationship between the MTF, civilian mariners and the command element,” Capt. The tent camp has been in place for several weeks prompting St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson to order the homeless be moved on May 1, due to unhealthy conditions and the danger of coronavirus spreading among the 50-plus tent sites. A run on meat during the coronavirus outbreak, due to meat processing plant shutdowns, has national suppliers warning of a looming meat shortage.
Throughout the COVID-19 battle, the signature white lights on the building been replaced by the "heartbeat of America," along with a white and red siren to honor emergency workers. Photo by David Tulis/UPI | Stacy Loggins, supervisor of janitorial services, wipes down a metro bus that has just come back for the day in St. Louis on March 13.
Nearly 4 million in Northeast without power after Isaias; 6 dead Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | A woman and child wearing protective face masks walk pass by the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Monday. Customs and Border Protection | Misook Choe, a labo manager with the Emerging Infectious Disease branch at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Md., conducts studies on the coronavirus on March 3.
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | Lara Deily, manager of the Board Room, waits for walk-by customers. An ailing crew member was medevaced from a U.S.-flagged tug Patriarch on Tuesday, approximately 207 miles of east Turks and Caicos… Dry bulk shipowner Scorpio Bulkers on Monday announced it has signed a letter of intent to purchase a newbuild wind turbine… Developments in marine power today are centered on ever tightening legislative mandate which increasingly aim to dramatically… U.S. based shipowner Eagle Bulk Shipping said a security incident involving a disgruntled armed guard hijacking one of its… At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID-19 and the authorities are still… Sea Cloud Cruises' third tall ship, Sea Cloud Spirit, is taking shape in Vigo, Spain. How about fire? ● Military Sealift Command
Over 150 buildings all over the country lit up at the same time in solidarity with the hospital workers and first responders fighting COVID-19.