A field medical station at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office)
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey is set to open its second, but largest yet, field hospital as part of the effort to confront the COVID-19 outbreak.
Gov. Phil Murphy and other state and military officials are set to tour the 500-bed facility in Edison at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center.
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Another field hospital opened recently in Secaucus and has 250 beds.
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The field hospitals are expected to serve only non-coronavirus patients, taking pressure off other facilities so they can address those with COVID-19, according to the governor.
Another facility is expected to open in Atlantic City, though it’s not clear when.
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FOX 29's Steve Keeley reports from South Jersey.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.