FOX 29's Shawnette Wilson reports. NORTH PHILADELHIA - The Liacouras Center at Temple University admitted the field hospital's first COVID-19 patient on Monday.
The building, which is located on the 1700 block of Broad Street in North Philadelphia, is outfitted with beds and supplies. "They blocked the southbound side of Broad Street off," said John Marshall.
He was shocked to see Temple's Liacouras Center cordoned off by fencing and emergency response vehicles parked all around. "It's affecting everybody.
It's a ripple effect," said Marshall. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS | Philadelphia will use Temple University's Liacouras Center as coronavirus overflow site Inside the arena has been transformed into what officials call a field hospital