The US Navy's 1,000-bed hospital ship is weeks instead of days away from getting deployed to New York state as its currently undergoing maintenance, a Pentagon spokesperson says.
It was announced on Wednesday the USNS Comfort was on the way to New York harbour to assist the state in the growing coronavirus pandemic.
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