(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Governor of New York State: A "tracking team" will be formed to investigate people infected with New Coronavirus
China News Service, New York, April 22-New York State Governor Andrew Como said on the 22nd that New York State will form a "tracing army" to screen out and isolate New Coronavirus infections.
Como said at a news conference held in Albany, the capital of New York State, that the "tracking team" mainly works in the New York metropolitan area and downstate in New York. The investigation will be carried out in the next few weeks. 35,000 medical students from the City University of New York and State University of New York systems will participate.
The New York metropolitan area includes New York City, as well as parts of New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania adjacent to New York; Lower New York State generally refers to New York City, Long Island, and the central and southern Hudson Valley. The New York metropolitan area and the lower state of New York partially overlap in geography, and it is one of the most frequent areas of American personnel.
Como said that large-scale virus screening and isolation can control the spread of the virus, reduce mortality, and also help to restore economic activity. The State of New York will cooperate with Johns Hopkins University in its operations. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies will donate $ 10.5 million in funding, and the federal government has committed $ 1.3 billion to New York State investigations.
The data released by Como on the same day showed that New York State died of new coronary pneumonia on the 21st, adding 474 people, which was less than 500 for the third consecutive day; 1366 new coronary pneumonia patients were newly hospitalized, basically the same as the previous day ; The total number of inpatients was 15,599, which dropped for the 9th consecutive day. Como said that according to the current situation, it is estimated that the future data is unlikely to rebound significantly, and the situation in New York State has improved compared with the previous period.
New York Mayor Bai Sihao said at the press conference that New York City had 252 new patients admitted on the 20th, an increase of 48 from the 19th; the number of intensive care persons was 821, a decrease of 36 from the 19th. He said that New York City will implement virus detection to cover every community, and conduct immediate condition assessment and quarantine measures to quickly track contacts.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, there are currently more than 263,000 New Coronavirus infections in New York State, with more than 19,400 deaths; nearly 847,000 people with virus infections and nearly 47,000 deaths in the US. (Finish)