sight of excavators moving like choreographed dancers in the sand that has become the face of china s fight against covid. with record speed, in just 12 days, an army of workers built not one, but two hospitals from the ground up. you saw the whole full force and power of the chinese state marshalled in service of a crucial national emergency. it s tempting to say authoritarianism alone was behind the country s containment of the virus. wuhan, china! and while this certainly played a part, strategic planning did as well. this is like catching the wind in a net.
waiting to get the patients inside here. even though this is a bizarre sight, this is the first time that samaritan s purse done anything like this in the united states. and this is certainly new for new yorkers out here as they come walking by wearing masks in public. it is really not new for central park. there was a general hospital built here in the 1800s further north of where we are right now but this need is only going to grow larger and we are going to see if they ll need to add any beds because the 68 will likely get filled up they estimate by this week, ali. cori coffin, thank you. stay safe out there. reporting live from a field hospital set up in new york city s central park. in addition to those 140 ventilators sent from oregon, governor cuomo announced china is sending 1,000 ventilators to new york, two days after a
commonality and say let s be smart. let s go help this place. when that town goes over its curve, then we ll go to the next, then we ll go to the next. otherwise you re saying to every state, every locality, you must be prepared on your own to handle this. meanwhile, this russian military cargo plane filled with supplies from a russian entity under u.s. sanction no less landed in new york city this week. as a former top u.s. official brett mcgurk notes a propaganda bonanza as our own government shrinks. joining me now clinical assistant prfrgs at nyu lan gone health, and senior columnist at the intercept and the host of the deconstructed podcast. good morning to both of you. dr. roy, let s start with you. it is now weeks into this thing, and we continue to have
of medical equipment through the nato s strategic airlift capability. us general tod wolters is now set to co ordinate those efforts, which have already seen supplies brought in from china and south korea. in a joint declaration nato members also agreed to work together to tackle disinformation about the virus. german foreign minister heiko maas addressed the issue, when asked about the alliance s relationship with china and russia. translation: what we are warning about and what we need to discuss our today does a s nato meeting, and where it sorted out at the eu level, if some are abusing the situation for propaganda purposes in order to look better. as long as we have suspect states behind the disinformation that exists, i believe it is appropriate to take countermeasures within the european union and within criteria which aim to make the available information fact based and not fake news based. does the covid 19 pandemic
part with equipment it might need itself. cnn s matthew chance takes a closer look at that. . reporter: you know it s getting bad when russia sends in urgent medical equipment. this urgent plane load with equipment including testing and protective gear is a humanitarian effort, one which new york air traffic control seemed grateful. 8460, we sincerely thank you for all the assistance you are bringing in. contact at any tower, 11 niner point 1. have a good day. you re welcome. help is rarely free. in this case the united states paid for part of it, half was donated by russia. the question is, what does it get in return? it s odd because russia is currently struggling itself with