Dr. Deborah Birx has emerged as one of the most important voices in the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The ship, which is crewed by civilian mariners and gets most of its medical staff from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, should arrive Monday.

By keeping immigration courts open, the suit contends, Trump and other officials have turned the system into a “public health hazard.”

The Zaandam was still anchored on the far side of the Panama Canal Saturday awaiting authority to sail to Florida.

The president told reporters he believes Brazilians’ natural immunity will protect the nation.

China has sent a plane loaded with medical personnel and supplies to help fight the spread of the coronavirus in the nation of 220 million people.