Seattle Seahawks field to host military hospital amid virus

Army officials plan the development of a field hospital at CenturyLink Field Event Center, home to the Seattle Seahawks, Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Seattle. This field hospital will include 300 soldiers from the 627th Army Hospital from Fort Carson, Colo., deployed to Seattle to staff the hospital. It is is expected to create at least 150 hospital beds for non-COVID-19 cases. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

Army officials plan the development of a field hospital at CenturyLink Field Event Center on Saturday, March 28, 2020. This field hospital will include 300 soldiers from the 627th Army Hospital from Fort Carson, Colorado deployed to Seattle to staff the hospital. It is is expected to create at least 150 hospital beds for non-COVID-19 cases. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan hands off the mic during a press conference at CenturyLink Field Event Center on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Seattle, Wash.. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, joins Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Kim Schrier, and King County Executive Dow Constantine, from right, after a news conference discussing the deployment of a field hospital at CenturyLink Field Event Center, home to the Seattle Seahawks, Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Seattle. The field hospital is expected to create at least 150 hospital beds for non-COVID-19 cases. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

A new tent stands outside the emergency entrance of Harborview Medical Center Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Seattle. Harborview and University of Washington Medicine are preparing a "surge plan" that will enable its hospitals to better respond to the coronavirus outbreak. Under the plan, ambulatory patients with respiratory illness symptoms will be separated from other patients when they arrive at hospitals' emergency departments and be directed to a new treatment area in a tent outside of the emergency department. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A sign posted in front of the emergency entrance of Harborview Medical Center gives thanks to health care workers during the coronavirus outbreak Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Seattle. Harborview and University of Washington Medicine are preparing a "surge plan" that will enable its hospitals to better respond to the coronavirus outbreak. Under the plan, ambulatory patients with respiratory illness symptoms will be separated from other patients when they arrive at hospitals' emergency departments and be directed to a new treatment area in a tent outside of the emergency department. (…