The world is now waiting to hear whether Gov. Cuomo will shut down the city’ schools and subway system. Per WSJ, the deceased was an 82-year-old woman with emphysema. Her death brings the US death toll to an even 50. As of Saturday, the state has 524 cases of coronavirus, with more than 100 people hospitalized. Gov. Cuomo warned in a morning press conference that there are roughly 50,000 hospital beds statewide, with 3,000 intensive care rooms. Since those rooms will be needed to care for the most severely ill patients, hospitals are beginning to suspend elective surgeries, beginning with NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the largest hospital systems in the NYC area, which said that it would be stopping all elective surgeries and procedures.
The decision will free up more space for coronavirus patients.
In other news, following yesterday’s press conference where reporters hammered Trump and Pence for their allegedly ‘selfish’ unwillingness to get tested and to wear a mask, the White House has implemented temperature checks for reporters entering the briefing room and other individuals coming into close contact with the president.
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New procedure from the White House, @HansNichols reports: “Out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed on any individuals who are in close contact with the President and Vice President.” Reporters are having their temps taken ahead of noon briefing.
While EU bureaucrats in Brussels slammed President Trump over the European travel ban, claiming that he left them in the dark with his “unilateral” action, Spain – one of Europe’s largest countries, and the fourth-largest economy in the eurozone – on Sunday said it would adopt a draconian national travel ban on par with the national lockdown taking place in Italy.
Yes, even as Brussels bureaucrats insist that closing borders isn’t necessary, more European leaders are deciding to ignore Brussels and follow in the footsteps of Italy, which has declared a two-week national lockdown, and Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which have all closed their borders to foreigners.
On Friday, Spain declared a two-week state of emergency that Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was necessary to help contain the outbreak that has spun out of control since thousands of marchers packed into the streets of Madrid for last weekend’s International Women’s Day march.
Poster Comment:
I heard a local rumor today that checkpoints will be set up outside every major food store, clinic and hospital in my county. You will be tested for a temperature. Even a slight temperature and you will get the full treatment. My county has no cases but my state has 20 cases. No deaths. Total population of my state is 7 million.