Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center o loʻo toe faʻatulagaina e avea o se Fale Tausiga Suʻesuʻe (ACF) ma o le a faʻaaogaina le Epic-o faʻamaumauga faʻafomaʻi o loʻo faʻaogaina i le tele o falemaʻi soifua maloloina i Chicago-e tuʻuina atu ai i fomaʻi le avanoa vave i le siata o latou gasegase. O le ACF fou, o se tasi o le tele i totonu o le atunuʻu, ua mamanuina e fesoasoani e faʻatalanoa se faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi i falemaʻi i totonu o le setete e fesoʻotaʻi ma Covid-19. O lo'o fa'aogaina ai tagata mama'i COVID-19 ma'i maualalo ma feololo ina ia mafai e falema'i o lo'o iai nei Chicago ma tagata faigaluega soifua maloloina ona fa'atupuina ni fa'afitauli ogaoga. Epic o lo'o tu'uina atu polokalame ma auaunaga e aunoa ma se tau.

"O lenei faʻamaopoopoina i le va o paaga lautele ma tagata tumaoti o loʻo i luga o se fua tele," o le tala lea Leela Vaughn, o se fa'atonu Epic e ta'ita'ia auaunaga fa'alavelave. “Mafaufau i le faʻamaopoopoina o loʻo alu i le fausiaina o se falemaʻi-mai le fausiaina o potu o gasegase, i le taʻavale i moega, i le suʻeina o masini ma faʻatutuina. E masani ona alu masina poʻo tausaga, ae faʻatasi matou te faʻataunuʻuina i ni nai aso.

O le Chicago Department of Public Health na faʻafesoʻotaʻi Epic i le amataga o la latou fuafuaga. Na galulue le au a Epic ma le CDPH e iloilo le gafatia ma saili se paaga, ma Rush Iunivesite Medical Center na auai i le 'au.

“O fa'ai'uga matou te faia e fa'aosoina e a matou fa'atauga I CARE, lea e aofia ai le fa'afouga ma le galulue fa'atasi. O la matou sao i lenei taumafaiga e faʻatinoina na tulaga taua, galulue faʻatasi ma le alalafaga e tuʻuina atu i gasegase le tausiga latou te manaʻomia. fai mai Dr. Shafiq Rab, Sui Peresetene sinia ma Ofisa Sili o Faamatalaga o Rush Iunivesite Falema'i Falema'i.

O le tele o paaga tumaoti ma tagata lautele o loʻo faʻatautaia le galuega o le faʻaliliuina o se avanoa o tauaofiaga i se ACF 3,000-moe. O se tasi o vaega o loʻo taulaʻi i ai le faʻafaigaluegaina o fomaʻi e manaʻomia e lagolago ai le faitau selau o moega na tuʻuina e le US Army Corps of Engineers i le nofoaga tutotonu e 2.6 miliona futu faatafafa.

O le ACF o le a galue i lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a se vaega tuai o pulega o falemaʻi. Ta’ita’ia e Dr. Nick Turkal, o le sa avea muamua ma Advocate Healthcare CEO ma faatoa faaigoa o le Pule Sili o le McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility, o le a molia le au i le faʻanofoina o se falemaʻi tulaga ese, vaʻaia ana gaioiga i lea aso ma lea aso, ma faʻamautinoa le saogalemu o gasegase uma ma tagata faigaluega i lalo o latou. tausiga. Dr. Turkal o le a auai faatasi ma Matini Judd, o le a avea ma ofisa sili o galuega, ma Dr. Paul Merrick o le a avea ma faufautua ile falema'i mo le nofoaga.

"Ina ua faʻafesoʻotaʻi aʻu e le ofisa o Mayor Lightfoot, e lua laʻu faʻamuamua: suʻeina fomaʻi ma maua Epic," o le tala lea a Dr. Turkal. "E manaʻomia e fomaʻi faʻamatalaga taua e uiga ia latou gasegase e tusa lava po o fea i totonu o le taulaga poʻo le a le soifua maloloina latou te sau mai ai - Epic e maua vave."

Vaega Muamua o le poloketi na fausia ai le 500 10' X 10' potu gasegase, faʻapipiʻiina i moega ma mea faʻapitoa mo le soifua maloloina, 14 fale tausimaʻi, ma potu lagolago mo le teuina o sapalai faafomaʻi, fale talavai, ma auaunaga tau fale. O le a avea ma vaega muamua o le faʻaogaina o le fale e faʻaaoga ai le Epic. Ole 'upega tafaʻilagi atoa o le a aumaia ile 2,500 isi potu gasegase ile initaneti ile faʻaiuga ole masina.

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