New York will spend $ 40 million to prepare for the expected outbreak of coronavirus

There are still no confirmed cases in New York State, but authorities have begun active preparations to deal with the alleged outbreak of coronavirus. About This пишет edition The New York Times.

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The day after the Centers for Disease Control warned that Americans should prepare to migrate coronavirus across the country, New York authorities took action.

State Governor Andrew Cuomo and City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the spread of the deadly virus is a matter of time. “New York is the front door internationally. People come here from all over the world,” Cuomo said. “So don’t be surprised if there are positive cases in the Big Apple.”

How New York prepares for a virus outbreak

Cuomo called on the legislature to allocate $ 40 million urgently to the State Department of Health so that they can get all the supplies they need to prevent and control the virus.

In addition, city officials on February 26 said that the Big Apple needs more preventative masks to prevent a potential coronavirus outbreak. “Our health officials have already distributed 1,5 million masks in New York City. This is a very good start, but we need more. We have requests for at least 300 additional surgical masks,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference on the city's response to the virus consuming the world.

The mayor noted that federal assistance will be needed to ensure the rapid arrival of masks in New York. “So I am calling on the federal government to help us and other communities get the masks they need to work with private sector suppliers,” he said.

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The Governor of New York repeated this idea at his own press conference an hour earlier. Cuomo explained: the problem is that many mask makers are based in China, the epicenter of the virus. “Obviously, now the international community is in a hurry to get the right equipment, masks, gloves and more. China is one of the main manufacturers of this equipment, which, obviously, complicates it a little (delivery. - Ed.),” Cuomo said.

Shortage of masks in New York pharmacies

Many pharmacies in the Big Apple reported The Postthat all the masks have sold out and cannot meet current demand. “It was crazy today when 70 people came to buy masks. We get calls all the time,” said Justin O'Connor, who works in the surgical department at CO Bigelow Pharmacy in the West Village.

He added that surgical masks ran out three weeks ago. “We received three small batches of 200-500 masks each,” O’Connor noted. “Let’s say if they arrived around 14 p.m., we would sell them by 00 p.m.”

The situation in the world: the number of sick and dead

The total number of cases in the world reached 80, almost 980 people died. More than 3000 people died in China, the epicenter of the outbreak.

At the same time, the global spread of the virus is rapidly moving west. A total of 40 countries, plus Hong Kong, report confirmed cases with new “hot spots” identified in Italy, Germany and the UK, according to the World Health Organization.

According to the state governor, the threat of the spread of coronavirus in New York is high. Today there are 17 thousand people here who have been diagnosed with acute respiratory disease. The number of confirmed cases of Chinese virus infection in the United States on Wednesday, February 26, increased to 15, the publication reports. TASS.

As of February 26, the New York State Department of Health reported that only one person outside the Big Apple was awaiting test results for the virus. A total of 26 people, six of whom are in the city, have already been tested since the outbreak began, with negative results.

Also on February 26, Nasso County health officials announced that 83 people are undergoing two-week voluntary quarantine because they returned from China or contacted those who were infected.

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