The majority of those infected (57) are linked to an Orthodox Jewish community in New Rochelle, source of the infection in Westchester County.
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Lhe Governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo on Saturday established a state of emergency to fight the new coronavirus, which continues to spread there, with about twenty new cases.
“We have 21 new cases, with a total of 76 for the state”, announced the governor at a press conference in Albany, specifying that 10 people were hospitalized.
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The state of emergency “makes it possible to speed up the procedures for purchasing (equipment) and hiring (personnel), which is what we currently need”, he explained, stressing that the cost of the fight against Covid-19 reached “probably” 30 million dollars per week for the state.
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“We now do 24 hour testing,” Cuomo said. “We want to find as many positive cases as possible in order to put them out of circulation.”
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“That’s the whole reason for this exercise. We isolate people and slow down the spread, ”he added.
The majority of those infected (57) are linked to an Orthodox Jewish community in New Rochelle, source of the infection in Westchester County.
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