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PRESS RELEASE APRIL 5, 2020

U.S. Northern Command Deploys 1,000 to New York City

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command, in support of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, is deploying a combined total of 1,000 Air Force and Navy medical
providers to the New York City area in next 3 days.

Approximately 300 of these uniformed medical providers will work from the Javits Center and the rest
will deploy to other area locations to expand local medical capabilities in the war against COVID-19.

U.S. Northern Command is leading DoD’s operations against COVID-19 in the United States.

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