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face mask, Westchester County executive George Latimer details efforts to contain coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus cases jumped to 11 in New York City and 76 statewide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as he declared a state of emergency Saturday. The numbers double the amount previously in the Big Apple, which stood at five on Friday, and there are 21 new cases in the state, which reported 44 the day before, with a cluster in Westchester County, which has 57 of the cases. CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE HOTEL COLLAPSES IN CHINA, TRAPPING 70 PEOPLE
face mask - “Westchester is an obvious problem for us,” Cuomo said. “They talk about the contagion in clusters and then the clusters tend to infect more and more people.” I'm not urging calm, Cuomo added. I'm urging reality. I'm urging a factual response as opposed to an emotional response...that people understand the information and not the hype. George Latimer, Westchester County executive, told America’s News Headquarters shortly after the press conference, What spreads faster than the disease is the fear of the disease.
face mask, As more than 4,000 people in the state have been encouraged to self-quarantine, a Queens man who drives for taxi or ride-hailing services tested positive after showing up to a St. John's Episcopal Hospital, which prompted 40 doctors and nurses to self-quarantine, meaning the staff will have to be replaced in the meantime, ABC 14 reports. MAJOR UNIVERSITIES CLOSE CLASSROOMS AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Cuomo complained, however, that many New Yorkers are not following the self-quarantine requirements, but he says the state of emergency declaration will free up $30 million used for testing and the purchase of protective gear for healthcare workers.
face mask - The governor warned stores could lose their licenses for price gouging items like hand sanitizer, one he said was selling it for $80 per bottle. Cuomo, who earlier described the virus as “like a flu on steroids,” also emphasized that “more people are dying from the flu than dying from coronavirus.” In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker sanitizes surfaces at the Coney Island Yard, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP)
face mask - He referenced a New Rochelle lawyer, who commuted to work in Midtown via Metro-North before he fell ill and became the state's second case earlier in the week. Since then, the man's wife and two of his children, a 14-year-old daughter and 20-year-old son, have tested positive, as did a neighbor who drove him to the hospital. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE The patient is believed to have contracted the virus in Westchester and not through travel. Multiple members of The Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, where the man worships, have also tested positive.