19 Apr 2020
Orange County Register | By ERIKA I. RITCHIE
With nursing homes seeing some of the most cases of coronavirus, the Navy hospital ship Mercy is sending some of its crew ashore to help care for older residents.
The ship, which has been docked at the Port of Los Angeles, will provide 40 of its medical crew members to a skilled nursing home in the Los Angeles area.
The medical personnel are expected to start helping at the nursing home early next week.
All members of the team have undergone a 14-day "restriction-of-movement" and were screened for the coronavirus. They will be staying off the ship.
Having some of the Mercy crew provide a helping hand to the facility is being done at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/19/usns-mercy-sends-40-its-medical-crew-help-nursing-home-coronavirus-care.html