New York Gov. Cuomo just issued a stark warning: 'What happens to New York is going to wind up happening to California and Washington state and Illinois'
In a press conference on Tuesday, Cuomo said that the surge in cases in New York is "not a New York phenomenon" and that people around the country should brace for a similar increase.
"Where we are today, you will be in three weeks or four weeks or five weeks or six weeks," Cuomo said. "We are your future and what we do here will chart the course for what we do in your city and in your community." New York has ramped up testing for COVID-19 and is"I'm asking you to help New York to help yourselves," Cuomo said.
He said that "after New York gets past the apex of this pandemic," he would distribute ventilators wherever they are needed.
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