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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces an "extraordinary step" amid the coronavirus outbreak: the dispatch of the US Comfort, a hospital ship that with some 1,000 rooms aboard for COVID-19 patients, to New York City Harbor. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at Staten Island University Hospital in New York, to honor Ukrainian soldiers and talk to doctors, ahead of the UN General Assembly. IMAGES
The hospital ship USNS Comfort departs New York harbor after providing relief to the city's healthcare system. The 1,000-bed ship, previously deployed to conflict and natural disaster zones, was sent to Manhattan to ease the strain on health centers at the epicenter of America's COVID-19 outbreak. IMAGES
Images show the exterior of New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine, which is adding nearly 400 beds to the nave of the church for patients from Mt. Sinai Hospital a couple of blocks away. IMAGES
Nurses from the Bronx, including one who tested positive to COVID-19 a few days ago, hold a protest in the borough of Queens in New York, to denounce their working conditions. "The government has abandoned us. Our hospitals have abandoned us," says the President of the New York State Nurses Association during the protest. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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