Air Force evacuates COVID-19 patient with onboard isolation unit
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Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2020
The U.S. Air Force announced Monday that it for the first time used a specially-designed isolation chamber to transport a COVID-19 patient from the Indo-Pacific region to the United States for treatment. It was the first use by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command of the new Transport Isolation System, though it is the 18th use of the system since it's rollout in April. The chamber, whi