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A nurse wearing a face mask, gloves and medical gown cares for a patient.

COVID-19 Care

Navy Lt. j.g. Hannah Cunningham, a critical care nurse with the Task Force Lafayette, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command at Bethesda, Md., inspects a COVID-19 patient’s fluids line in the critical care ward in Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette, La., Sept. 9, 2021. The task force, which specializes in critical care treatment, established a new critical care ward in the hospital to help take care of the sickest patients affected by COVID-19. Northern Command, through Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Defense Department support to the whole-of-government COVID-19 response.

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