Governor Andrew Cuomo announced tonight that New York City has its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus.
According to the New York Post, the case of the virus in New York City is a woman in her 30s who just came back from a trip to Iran as reported by officials and she currently lives in Manhattan.
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“The patient, a woman in her late thirties, contracted the virus while traveling abroad in Iran, and is currently isolated in her home. The positive test was confirmed by New York’s Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability of our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround, and is exactly why I advocated for the approval from Vice President Pence that New York was granted just yesterday.
“There is no cause for surprise–this was expected. As I said from the beginning, it was a matter of when, not if there would be a positive case of novel coronavirus in New York.”
Currently, there are 76 cases of COVID-19 in the United States and it was recently announced there are two cases in Florida.
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Cuomo added he asked for legislation to pass an emergency management authorization to combat the novel coronavirus and said the general risk in New York State remains low.
However, plenty of New Yorkers are unhappy with the confirmed case:
1 woman confirmed w coronavirus, on a plane w 200+ other people. Lands in NYC and walks thru an entire airport. Everyone goes their own way all over the city.
This is fucked.
— Uptown Slim 🏁 (@jaythreads) March 2, 2020
I leave NYC for the weekend and I come back to find out it has its first case of Corona Virus.
Smh.
— Pellegrino (@El_Rickyzolano) March 2, 2020
NYC and FL infiltrated by Coronavirus and our Pres is clueless
— Hot Rodd (@HotRodd01) March 2, 2020
Corona virus in nyc, I work at a school where parents send their kids in no matter what … pic.twitter.com/A8jZ2rOGNK
— airwrecka (@atnarauq_akire) March 2, 2020
how nyc’s gonna be this week because of the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/8iG6OmUY0C
— semi (@semithxnder) March 2, 2020
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