Coronavirus Latest: No Patients Yet At Liacouras Center's Field Hospital

Officials say 33% of hospital beds in the region are available.

ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THESCHOOL YEAR.AS OF NOW SCHOOLS WILL STAYCLOSED UNTIL MAY 18TH.HOSPITALS IN THE REGIONARE VERY BUSY BUT NOTOVERWHELMED WITH PATIENTS,BEDS REMAIN OPENED, THAT MEANSMANY FIELD HOSPITALS LIKE THEONE SET UP AT LIACOURAS CENTERHAVE NOT BEEN CALLED TO DUTYJUST YET BUT AS "EYEWITNESSNEWS" REPORTER DAN KOOB HASFOUND IT IS STILL BEST TO BEREADY.DAN'S ON TEMPLE'S CAMPUS THISEVENING IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA,DAN.REPORTER: UKEE IT IS DAYONE OF THE LIACOURAS CENTERBEING OPENED TO RECEIVE THOSECOVID-19 PATIENTS BUT NOT ONEHAS WALK THROUGH JUST YET.NOW THAT IS GOOD NEWS.THAT IS BECAUSE OF THEAVAILABILITY OF THE HOSPITALBEDS IN PHILADELPHIA ANDSURROUNDING COUNTIES.HEALTH COMMISSIONER TOM FARLEYSAYS 33 PERCENT OF THEHOSPITAL BEDS IN THE REGIONREMAIN AVAILABLE AS WELL AS ASMALLER PERCENTAGE OF THE ICUBEDS.LIACOURAS CENTER IS MEANT FORCOVID PATIENTS NEARING END OFTHEIR RECOVERY TO OPEN UPSPACE FOR MORE SERIOUS CASESAT HOSPITALS.CEO OF THE LIACOURAS FIELDHOSPITAL SANDY GOBERG SAIDTHEY HAVE READY, MORE THAN 100WORKERS ARE ON SITE ANDPREPARED.EVEN IF THEY DO NOT SEE ASINGLE PATIENT SHE SAYS THEBOLD MOVE TO PREEMPTIVELY OPENTHE CITIES WORTH IT.YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE ON ALIFE AND YOU CANNOT PUT APRICE ON THE SAFETY OF THEPUBLIC.BY INVESTING IN THIS FACILITYAND MAKING SURE WE WERE READY,KNOWING THAT THIS IS A VERYDANGEROUS DISEASE WAS THERIGHT THING TO HELP PROTECTPEOPLE OF PHILADELPHIA.REPORTER: THIS CITIES FOROVERFLOW ONLY.HEALTH COMMISSIONERS SAYS IFHOSPITALS ARE OVERWHELMED THEYSHOULD SEND ADDITIONAL PATIENTTOSS OTHER HOSPITALS AND ONLYUSE LIACOURAS CENTER ASINSURANCE.