Coronavirus in New York: a second case of COVID-19

This time, a resident of the suburbs of New York fell ill with a coronavirus. He was hospitalized at a local Westchester hospital, but was transferred to a clinic in Manhattan due to worsening conditions. This publication writes "Voice of America".

Information on the second case of coronavirus recorded in New York on March 3 was confirmed by State Governor Andrew Cuomo.

A resident of the suburb, who discovered the virus, works as a lawyer in the central district of the city. He recently returned to New York from Miami.

According to the governor, the patient has a child who attended school. For this reason, on March 4, the school was quarantined.

Recall that this is the second confirmed case of coronavirus in New York and the surrounding area. A total of 19 million people live in the metropolitan area.

The first case is a 39-year-old resident of Manhattan, who returned from Iran. She traveled with her husband. The couple are now isolated at home. Doctors are trying to find out if this woman could infect someone else, in particular during the flight, so they contact other passengers on the flight.

Encouragingly, the city now has its own virus testing systems that can detect COVID-19 within hours. This was announced by the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio. According to him, there is no need to take blood for testing, just samples of saliva or nasal discharge. “We will have results the same day. This will allow you to quickly find out who has the virus and what kind of help he needs, ”the mayor said.

It is reported that after the first confirmed case of a deadly virus in New York, authorities began to pay more attention to preventive measures. So, the transport administration began to disinfect public transport. Every 72 hours, workers process turnstiles, stops, buses and subway cars with a special solution.

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A Ukrainian woman living in New York told the Voice of the Americas that today there is no tension in the city of eight million due to the first confirmed cases of coronavirus. According to her, there are practically no masked people on the street. “Yesterday I saw only two people in masks, it was at the station,” said the Ukrainian. At the same time, she added, people are actively discussing ways to protect themselves from the coronavirus.

Panic in New Yorkers is most felt in stores. Queues have formed in many supermarkets in the city, while the shelves are empty.

Despite this, the State Department of Health officially announced: the risk for residents of the city and state to become infected with the virus remains low enough. They attribute this to the fact that COVID-19 transmission has not yet been recorded within the state and city.

According to the Center for Disease Control, six people have died from coronavirus in America, four of them in the last 60 hours in Washington state. A total of 19 cases of COVID-XNUMX were recorded: in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Wisconsin, Illinois, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Georgia and Florida.

US President Donald Trump said that his administration had already called on vaccine developers to speed up the process of its creation as soon as possible, the source said.