陆军工程兵团正在与多个州的州长合作，计划将酒店，大学宿舍和其他设施转换为“类似ICU”的医院室，以帮助康维拉病毒，军团需要治疗的患者越来越多的患者数量指挥官说。

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Lt. Gen Todd Semonite, the Corps' commanding general and Army Chief of Engineers, said in a March 20 press briefing at the Pentagon that his organization is working with governors in 13 states and hoped to reach five more by the end of the day. In all, he said, the Corps is looking at adding more than 10,000 beds.

3月22日，纽约州长安德鲁·库莫（D）announcedthat he had approved Corps recommended locating four temporary hospitals at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, the Westchester Convention Center in White Plains, and State University of New York Stony Brook and Old Westbury campuses on Long Island, following Corps inspections.

The Corps is expected to begin work immediately to construct the temporary hospitals, according to Cuomo's office. The Governor is also requesting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency designate four field hospitals with 250 beds each for the state, intended for use in the Javits Center in addition to the temporary hospital the Corps will build.

（查看全美陆军3/20/2020新闻发布会here. Semonite's comments start at about the 12:45 mark.)

军团正在根据FEMA的任务任务工作，FEMA正在响应各州的要求。

Semonite said of the conversion task, “This is an unbelievably complicated problem and there’s no way we’re going to be able to do this with a complicated solution.” He added, “We need something super-simple.” For more on private industry efforts to make more bed space, seethis story.

他说，军团将使用的概念是一种标准设计，他说已通过卫生和公共服务部对此进行了审查和验证。

“What we want to do is go through existing facilities, primarily,” Semonite said, such as hotels, college dormitories, “and perhaps large spaces.” He noted, “These hotels are empty.”

He said that under the plan, the Corps would issue a contract to have the state set up a lease for the facility and in an “exceptionally short” number of days, “We would go in and turn this into an ICU-like facility.”

Semonite说将有四个阶段。首先，一个国家将“提名”特定的建筑物，以优先顺序排名为转换候选人。

其次，军团将把设施改建为医院型空间。例如，护士车站将建在酒店的大厅中。

One key element would be to change the air pressure in hotel or dorm rooms to “negative pressure,” to guard against the spread of infection.

第三步是为房间配备医院用品；第四个将配备该设施，Semonite说“必须是州工作。”

纽约州似乎是转换的第一条。州长安德鲁·库莫（Andrew Cuomo）（D）在3月17日的《纽约时报》专栏文章中呼吁特朗普总统让军团参与增加医院的能力。

Semonite said, “We want to use New York as the standard-setter.”

Semonite added that on March 20 in New York, “My engineers were walking through 10 other buildings,” including five hotel-type buildings and some with “open spaces.” A central goal is “to continue to figure out, what does ‘right’ look like.”

至于其他州,他说,“我们正在寻找非常hard at California [and] the state of Washington.” Semonite also said Corps personnel have been in New Jersey. He added, “We’re really looking at, where’s the biggest demand, so we go to those states first.”

关于该过程的时间范围，他说：“这必须是几周。这不是几个月。”他补充说：“我们想认为我们可以在三到四个星期内做到这一点，并尝试尽可能快地走。”

军团计划使用标准合同进行翻新，并正在设计文件。该机构在开发格式时还与行业进行了交谈。

塞蒙特说：“我们需要我们的工程承包商能够加强。”

他说，军团希望能够将其标准合同移交给各州，然后可以授予这项工作。对于某些州机构来说，重要的角色可以释放军团来帮助其他州。

故事在3/22/20上更新，并提供来自纽约州长Cuomo的信息。