Coronavirus in New York: how one man infected more than 50 people

In one small suburb on the outskirts of New York, in less than 10 days, the number of cases of coronavirus increased from one to more than 100. This publication writes. CNN.

On March 2, a resident of the city of New Rochelle became the first patient in the state of New York to have coronavirus confirmed. After that, the virus began to spread rapidly in the suburbs of New York. Soon quarantined. By March 10, 108 patients with COVID-19 had been recorded in New Rochelle.

State Governor Andrew Cuomo is now trying to catch up, the source said. So, first he announced the creation of a quarantine zone around the city of New Rochelle, then he activated the National Guard, which helps with the delivery of food and the disinfection of public places. “We will go inside, clean the schools and evaluate the situation,” the governor said. “This will be a period of disorganization of society.”

The city of New Rochelle is located about 40 kilometers from New York. Now quarantine has been declared here: local residents remain at home, schools do not work, and nursing homes are closed. “And it started with one resident,” Cuomo emphasized.

Recall that on March 2, a 50-year-old lawyer working near the Central Station in Manhattan received a positive result for the virus and was hospitalized at the Irving Medical Center at Columbia University (New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center).

The governor later said that the man was the first in New York to be diagnosed with the coronavirus. “This means that officials were unable to trace the source of his infection,” the report said.

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Just two days after the positive results of the man, that is, March 4, his 20-year-old son, a student at New York's Yeshiva University, fell ill. University officials said he had symptoms of the virus.

The wife and 14-year-old daughter of the lawyer also passed the test and received a positive result on the same day.

Also, a neighbor who brought a lawyer to the hospital contracted the coronavirus. And a lawyer friend. The friend’s wife, two sons and daughter also passed the test on the same day. He was also positive.

The next day, March 5, the governor said that eight more people associated with the lawyer received a positive test for the virus.

On the same day, the governor announced a large-scale self-quarantine, urging more than a thousand New Yorkers to stay at home.

On March 6, three members of the Young Israel Congregation in New Rochelle, which was attended by a lawyer, were tested positive for the virus.

Two more friends of the lawyer also passed a positive test. And another four people associated with the lawyer also contracted the virus, the governor said.

Two residents of nearby Rockland County, who worked as bar mitzvah caterers, were believed to be infected, where an attorney is believed to be present.

On March 7, the governor announced that another 23 people associated with the lawyer had found the virus.

The next day, Cuomo reported that another 12 cases were reported in Westchester County, where New Rochelle is located. By March 10, 108 cases had been recorded in New Rochelle.

On Tuesday, March 10, when Cuomo announced the deployment of the National Guard, he called New Rochelle the “true geographic cluster” of the spread of Chinese coronavirus.

It is reported that the National Guard will help in the fight against the spread of the virus until March 25.

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