Army Engineers Building Fewer Hospitals Than Anticipated

A worker walks by rows of beds in a convention hall at the Suburban Collection Showplace, which is being converted into a field hospital to treat CCP virus patients in Novi, Michigan on April 11, 2020. Elaine Cromie/Getty Images

Army engineers say they are building fewer hospitals than anticipated, with some governors and mayors scaling back plans as the virus curve flattens and allows extra time to assess the situation.

“The virus gets a vote,” said Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying that demand had been lower than anticipated, with the virus curve changing and varying from state to state.