Follow-up survey of new corona-infected individuals in NY, USA 14 days for concentrated contact to quarantine April 23, 7:51
New York State in the eastern United States, where more than 250,000 people have been infected with the new coronavirus, has announced a policy of isolating concentrated contacts by tracking the behavior of people with confirmed infection.
In New York, where the number of infected people exceeds 150,000, which is one-third of the United States, 474 people died on the 21st, and more than 5,500 new infected people were confirmed.
Governor Kuomo announced a new measure to prevent further spread of the infection at a press conference on the 22nd, and carried out a large-scale follow-up survey to confirm when and who contacted a positive test by whom. For the dense contacts found in the survey, it has clarified the policy of taking 14-day isolation.
The follow-up survey has already secured 715 investigators who will be able to hear infected people, and plans to have 35,000 university students cooperate in the future.
Governor Cuomo said, "The ultimate goal is to identify everyone who may be infected. It may be unrealistic but crucial." Working with neighboring New Jersey and Connecticut He showed the idea of expanding the scope and scale of inspection and follow-up.
Governor Cuomo also said he would expect $ 1.3 billion in funding from the federal government as part of the cost, as well as 1,000 New York mayor Bloomberg, who withdrew to join the Democratic nomination in the fall presidential election. Revealed that there was an offer to fund $ 10,000.