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March 26, 2020

DOD Modeling for Coronavirus Helps With Response Planning

Though Defense Department modeling of the COVID-19 virus isn't quite robust enough yet to determine where the next outbreak will happen, the modeling is good enough now for general planning efforts, the Joint Staff surgeon said.

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March 18, 2020

Hospital Ships, Other DOD Assets Prepare for Coronavirus Response

Two Navy hospital ships will be part of the Defense Department's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Pentagon's chief spokesman said.

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March 16, 2020

Pentagon Spokesman: DOD Ready to Help With Coronavirus, but Capability Limited

As concerns of coronavirus grow, the Defense Department stands ready to provide support wherever it's asked to do so, the assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs said.

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March 10, 2020

DOD Confronts Coronavirus Head-On

The Defense Department is taking positive action to protect people, safeguard critical national security missions and capabilities and support the whole-of-government approach to confronting the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, DOD spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said today.