The city's mayor said the Navy ship will add 1,000 beds to the city.
Coronavirus continues to affect county The Angels, so the mayor of the city, Eric Garcetti, announced that one of the measures to ease the health system is to receive the USNS Mercy at the Port of Los Angeles, which left its base port in San Diego last Monday afternoon.
The US Navy ship seeks ease the burden on hospitals of the city so that they can attend to more cases of COVID-19. Various types of medical services can be provided on board and patients with the virus will not be received, only patients who need special care due to their state of health. All patients will be transferred from local hospitals.
The ship has 800 medical staff members and will be in the Port of Los Angeles indefinitely.
