Military medics deploy in California, Texas as virus surges
By FREIDA FRISARO and DAVID CRARY Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients. Miami area authorities, meanwhile, began stepping up enforcement Friday of a mask requirement. Those efforts echoed similar ones in many parts of the world to contain surging infections. Worldwide, the confirmed tally of cases is nearing 14 million. In California, military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists are being deployed to eight hospitals. In Houston, an 86-person Army medical team worked to take over a wing of a hospital. In Florida’s Miami-Dade County, authorities approved an emergency order giving all code and fire inspectors authority to issue tickets for those not complying with mask guidelines.