Chinanews.com, February 24th. According to the United States "World Daily" reported that after a few days in Enron, New York, there was another suspected case of new coronary pneumonia in Saratoga County, Upper State, on the evening of the 20th. Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted on the 21st that he stood by the Chinese community and resolutely opposed any racial discrimination and hatred under the pretext of the epidemic. The state health department pointed out that there have been a lot of rumors and false advertisements recently due to the epidemic. People are urged to call for information about the outbreak.
New York State with a large Chinese population has no confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia so far. All 25 suspected cases have been ruled out, and no more suspected cases have been added for more than a week. Until the evening of the 20th, Saratoga County, Upstate reported another suspected case. Test results are currently pending.
At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has spread to all over the world. Due to the public's fear of the epidemic, the economy of overseas Chinese communities has been hit hard. The turnover of Chinese restaurants and Chinese supermarkets has been declining since January. Discrimination and hate attacks by Asian people.
On the 21st, New York Governor Gummo reposted CNN's report on racial discrimination and hate attacks in Asian American communities caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, saying that New York State would not tolerate such hatred; he tweeted that he was concerned about the new crown virus, Not an excuse for ethnicity or hatred; this type of discrimination is shocking, and I stand firmly with the Chinese in New York.
The State Department of Health said that the risk of a new crown pneumonia outbreak in New York State is still low, and people should be more vigilant to protect themselves and their families and to unite rather than attack each other. The Department of Health also said that rumors, misinformation and false advertisements on social media about the epidemic were spreading on social media recently, and appealed to the public to log in to the official page of the Health Bureau website or call a special line to obtain the official daily notification and correct information on the epidemic.
The American Association of Asian Journalists (AAJA) also recently issued an opinion report on the outbreak, calling on major US media to use Chinatown photos with caution when reporting on the outbreak, stating that if the news content is not related to the Chinese community in the United States, Chinatown photos should not be used Nor should we synthesize virus pictures with pictures of Chinatowns across the United States. (Hong Qunchao)