Coronavirus outbreak: Trump says USNS Comfort will treat patients not infected with COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the staff onboard the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy hospital ship bound for New York City, would treat patients who are not infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, but who are in urgent need of care. Trump said this would free up hospital resources amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.