Pres. Trump says he won't use enforceable quarantine in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Madison Square Garden Company CEO James Dolan has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a spokesperson. She said in a Facebook post Saturday night that she was cleared by her doctor and Ottawa Public Health. After threatening it earlier in the day, President Donald Trump now says he will not be using an enforceable quarantine in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The governors of each of the three states -- all Democrats -- had reacted strongly against the proposed measure. "If you haven't been paying attention, this is your wake-up call," Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the director of the state's health agency, said."We don't want to be one of the hotspots that the Surgeon General predicts Chicago could be.”Ezike said a full investigation was underway to determine the cause of death.
The president also said that FEMA has"shipped or delivered" 11.6 million N-95 respirators, 26 million surgical masks and 5.2 million face shields.The number of confirmed cases in Italy continue to slow, with 5,933 new cases reported Saturday -- a 6.8% increase in total new cases, down from Friday's 7.3%.
However, the number of new deaths in the last 24 hours hit 889, bringing the total death toll to 10,023.The United Nations will donate 250,000 protective face masks to New York City, an area now considered the epicenter of the pandemic. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, addresses media while accepting 250,000 face masks donated to city health workers by the United Nations, to help with the COVID-19 pandemic, at UN Headquarters in New York City, March 28, 2020.The Vatican press office confirmed Saturday that the Pope has been tested and neither he nor his closest aides have resulted positive.President Donald Trump said he may announce an enforceable quarantine in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas.
President Donald Trump departs the White House, in Washington, for Norfolk, Va., on March 28, 2020, to attend the departure ceremony for the hospital ship USNS Comfort headed to New York.There are now 52,318 confirmed cases in New York, after 7,681 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference.Cuomo did say there was a bit of good news: new hospitalizations and new ICU admissions went down in the last 24-hour period.
“We are hurting, we are crying and we continue to fight,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Saturday afternoon.11:46 a.m.: SeaWorld to remain closed The staggering statistics"illustrates the scope and severity of the need for COVID-19 emergency equipment in this nation's cities," according to a letter from the conference's executive director, Tom Cochran.
Industrial firm's employees manufacture Personal Protective Equipment , like face shields, to supply New York's health care workers and hospitals at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visits, on March 26, 2020, in New York City.Spain reported 8,189 new cases of novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, putting the total number of cases at 72,248, according to the Health Ministry.
The most powerful printer can produce up to 10 protective masks or 15 valves for ventilators per day, according to the agency. However, it's possible to increase the quantity through networking with other institutes and facilities.
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