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New York governor Cuomo: Trump is wrong, doesn’t have ‘total authority’

  
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Comments by New York governor, Andrew Cuomo

  • Reopening must be phased, balanced
  • Says that testing is key
  • ‘We are not there yet’ on testing
  • If reopening is not done gradually, may have to start all over
In case you missed it, Trump had a combative press conference with journalists yesterday over reopening the economy in which he said that:

“When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. It’s total. The governors know that. That being said, we’re going to work with the states.”

This of course is in relation to his plans to reopen the economy on 1 May as the White House recommendations on precautionary measures are to expire at the end of the month.

Coronavirus – New York declares a state of emergency

  
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Governor Cuomo of US state New York has declared a state of emergency due to cov1 COVID-19.

The declaration allows the state to speed up the purchasing of supplies, hiring of workers to assist local health departments
  • “You know what’s worse than the virus? The anxiety,” Mr. Cuomo said, noting that most patients would suffer mild or no symptoms. (NYT citing the Gov.)
As of posting the number of confirmed cases in the state is 76.
Testing has been woefully inadequate right across the US, the federal administration has been tardy to respond, more concerned with the stock market than people’s health
  • around 6000 tests have been administered (the US population is circa 330 million)
The US FDA said Saturday that 2.1m coronavirus tests will have been shipped to non-public labs by Monday as the response finally begins to ramp up.
US President Trump is at his resort in Florida this weekend where he will get an update.
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