New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Says A Citywide Quarantine Is A ‘Possibility’
As New York tries to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed 3,825 people world wide including 22 people here in the US, Mayor Bill de Blasio raised the potential for a citywide quarantine similar to northern Italy’s current lockdown amid the global coronavirus outbreak.
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While appearing on CNN this Monday, Bill de Blasio said “It’s a possibility but I think people are getting a little ahead of ourselves and we should be careful.” He noted the transmission of Covid-19 comes from close contact and is only deadly for people who are already sick or elderly. As of this Monday morning, there have been 16 cases of the disease in the Big Apple, according to de Blasio.
“To me, it’s a high bar for a closure. One thing I think makes sense is you have a situation in a school [with] a temporary closure, a specific targeted closure for limited periods of time,” de Blasio said. He added, “I don’t want to see mass closures, I want to see pinpoint response,” he said.
President Donald Trump talked about the coronavirus in a tweet earlier today. He tweeted,
“So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!“
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