Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio during a coronavirus press conference. Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Two-hundred and sixteen cases of the coronavirus have been discovered in New York, including 52 people in New York City.
Cuomo also announced that SUNY, the State Universities of New York, and CUNY, the city version, will begin the process of “remote learning” starting on March 19. The campuses will not be entirely closed, but in-person classes will be suspended, and classes will be conducted remotely instead. First death reported in New Jersey On Tuesday, New Jersey reported the first known death from COVID-19 in the state. John Brennan, a 69-year-old horse trainer with at least three underlying health conditions, was hospitalized on Friday and died on Tuesday morning. Brennan lived in Little Ferry and worked at Yonkers Raceway, according to the Bergen Record.
“We are confident in our ability to meet the challenges posed by the spread of the coronavirus,” a spokesman for the hospital told the paper. “We have implemented strong clinical and operational protocols designed to quickly identify potential COVID-19 patients as they enter our facilities, isolate them appropriately, prevent transmission of infections and protect front-line caregivers from potential exposure.
It’s not yet clear how many other people Cotton may have exposed to the virus, but Katie Couric acknowledged she was one on Monday. She said she had briefly interacted with Cotton recently and will work from home for several days as a result. New York is offering its own sanitizer This probably makes sense at a time when Purell is more valuable than oil:
Any school with a confirmed COVID-19 case must close for 24 hours On Monday, Governor Cuomo announced that under a new state policy, any school where a student or faculty member tests positive for the coronavirus must immediately close for 24 hours to allow for time to assess the situation and see if the closure should be extended.
These numbers are ridiculously underreported. Nobody is being tested.
Bullshit