唐纳德·特朗普总统周日宣布，他已经激活了纽约，加利福尼亚和华盛顿州的国民警卫队，以对抗冠状病毒的传播，称“我们正在与一个看不见的敌人作战”。
总统在白宫COVID-19新闻发布会上说：“联邦政府从国家储备中向最需要的地方部署了数百吨补给品，以协助这些地区。”
联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）将为部署提供资金，”特朗普表示，但州长将保留武装部队的指挥权。这些物资，包括医疗床，N95口罩和手套，将在48小时内交付总统说。
他补充说：“我们也在与其他州打交道。这些州受到的打击最大。” “我们处于战争之中，我们正在与一个看不见的敌人作战。”
部队将向各州提供人员和资源，包括建设医疗设施以抵抗蔓延。
最近几天，大流行病爆发急剧升级，所有美国州都受到了影响。上周末，美国成为冠状病毒阳性病例数仅次于中国，西班牙和意大利的第四大国家，仅次于接受检测的阳性人数超过26,000，该疾病导致340例死亡和176例康复。
《新闻周刊》向纽约州州长安德鲁·库莫，华盛顿州州长杰伊·因斯利和加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆发表了评论。
在特朗普宣布这一消息的几个小时之前，由于该州面临确诊的冠状病毒病例激增，库莫呼吁美国陆军工程兵团帮助在纽约建造临时医院。纽约州长在周日的新闻发布会上说：“时间很重要，分钟很重要。” “从我的角度来看，建设可以在明天开始。”
库莫还鼓励联邦政府继续采购医疗设备。他说：“我认为联邦政府应该命令工厂制造口罩，礼服，通风设备。” “必不可少的医疗设备将在生与死之间产生影响。”
截至周日，副总统迈克·彭斯（Mike Pence）确认，全国已有25万多人接受了该病毒的检测。他说：“我们应该在一周中旬赶上积压的测试。” 彭斯和他的妻子在副总统办公室的一名雇员在星期五测试呈阳性之后，在星期六下午进行了COVID-19测试。便士和他的妻子均测试为阴性。
周日，全世界确诊的冠状病毒病例数超过311,000，死亡人数超过13,000，康复次数为93,000。
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he has activated the National Guard in New York, California and Washington state to fight the spread of the coronavirus, saying "we're fighting an invisible enemy."
"The federal government has deployed hundreds of tons of supplies from our national stockpile to locations with the greatest need in order to assist in those areas," the president said during a White House COVID-19 press briefing.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will fund the deployment," according to Trump, but the state governors will retain command of the armed forces. The supplies, which includes medical beds, N95 face masks and gloves, will be delivered within 48 hours, the president said.
"We're dealing also with other states. These states have been hit the hardest," he added. "We are at war, and we are fighting an invisible enemy."
The troops will assist states with personnel and resources, including building medical facilities to fight the spread.
The pandemic outbreak has escalated dramatically in recent days and all American states have been affected. The U.S. this weekend became the country with the fourth-most number of positive coronavirus cases following China, Spain and Italy--after individuals who tested positive exceeded 26,000, with more than 340 deaths caused by the disease and 176 recoveries.
Newsweek reached out to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Washington Governor Jay Inslee and California Governor Gavin Newsom for comment.
Hours before Trump's announcement, Cuomo called for the Army Corps of Engineers to help construct temporary hospitals in New York as the state faced an uptick in confirmed coronavirus cases. "Time matters, minutes count," the New York governor said at a press briefing on Sunday. "From my perspective, construction can start tomorrow."
Cuomo also encouraged the federal government to move on sourcing medical equipment. "I think the federal government should order factories to manufacture masks, gowns, ventilators," he said. "The essential medical equipment, that's going to make a difference between life and death."
As of Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that over 250,000 individuals nationwide have been tested for the virus. "We should be caught up on the backlog in testing by the middle of the week," he said. Pence and his wife were tested for COVID-19 on Saturday afternoon after an employee in the vice president's office tested positive on Friday. Both Pence and his wife tested negative.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 311,000 on Sunday, with over 13,000 deaths and 93,000 recoveries.
