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The following was submitted by Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks: Free asymptomatic COVID-19 testing will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Rescue Station. If you have symptoms, please call Block Island Health Services, (401) 466-2974.
–The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the California Health and Human Services Agency today formally requested the deployment of 500 additional federal medical personnel into the state to staff hospitals, skilled nursing homes, and medical surge hospitals.
The request comes after the federal government notified the state that the USNS Mercy Hospital ship is now under mandatory maintenance, in dry dock, and not available for deployment.
In an effort to offset the unavailability of the Mercy ship, Governor Gavin Newsom and Cal OES have remained in close coordination with the White House requesting that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and United States Department of Defense (DoD) acquire and immediately deploy to additional hospitals in southern California, medical personnel equivalent to the staff that would have been on the USNS Mercy, and then some.
Hotels in normal times, Japanese container rooms come in handy in times of disaster
December 31, 2020 (Mainichi Japan)
A rescue hotel pulled by a tractor trailer is seen here in the Ibaraki Prefecture town of Ami as it heads to a training session for evacuation center setup, on Nov. 14, 2020. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki) AMI, Ibaraki Dubbed rescue hotels, shipping containers retrofitted into hotels that can be used by business people and tourists during ordinary times, but can also be rushed to areas hit by disasters as temporary housing units, are attracting attention from local governments nationwide. The layout of the 13-square-meter interior can be made into various types of rooms including for taking breaks or conducting medical consultation. A double bed can be installed, and the rooms come equipped with air conditioning and a modular bathroom.