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22.04 - 02:01
New York cathedral to be used as Covid-19 field hospital
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A vast cathedral in central New York is being converted into a field hospital during the coronavirus pandemic, as the US struggles to cope with the mounting crisis.
The Cathedral Church of St John the Divine in Manhattan will house nine climate-controlled medical tents in its 600ft (182m) long nave and subterranean crypt, Dean Clifton Daniel told the New York Times.
The tents will be able to hold a total of at least 200 patients beneath the stained-glass windows of the building, which describes itself as the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. "In earlier centuries, cathedrals were always used this way, like during the plague.
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