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Worst of NYC coronavirus pandemic could last until May: de Blasio
NYC Mayor de Blasio gave a grim prognostication as to what New Yorkers will be facing during an interview on NBC’s “Today” show.
“What we’re seeing is a sharp upturn [of coronavirus cases] over the last days, certainly the last few weeks,” said de Blasio. “We have to look at this pattern and conclude that the worst is certainly in the next few weeks minimum, I could see it going into May.”
Coronavirus death toll surges past 3,000 in United States
The number of people killed by the coronavirus in the United States surged past 3,000, bringing the national death toll ever-closer to the one in China, where the outbreak first began months ago.
The country has recorded 3,170 deaths with a total of 164,610 cases as of Tuesday morning. Of those, more than 38,000 have emerged in New York, where 914 people have died from the illness.
U.S. Open complex in Queens will house 350-bed hospital
A 350-bed field hospital is set to open at the Queens tennis complex that hosts the U.S. Open, city officials confirmed Monday.
The hospital, which will likely be used for non-coronavirus patients, will be built in an indoor training facility in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Mayor de Blasio spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein said.
Amid surge of coronavirus-sickened police officers, deaths of two members of NYPD announced
The NYPD announced Monday that two more members of its ranks have died, as the numbers of officers calling out sick amid the pandemic continued to rise.
School safety agent Sabrina Jefferson, 63, who joined the NYPD in 1994 and was assigned to Patrol Borough Queens South School Safety, died Sunday from COVID-19 complications, officials said.
WHO reiterates no-mask advice, saying it does not prevent one from getting coronavirus
To mask or not to mask? Global health experts advise against it, unless you are caring for someone with coronavirus, or are infected yourself.
Big Apple hotels will be rented en masse by the city and turned into hospitals to ease the burden on health care facilities overwhelmed by coronavirus, Mayor de Blasio said Monday.
He said Monday that the city, state and feds are working on renting rooms — “in some cases, leasing entire hotels” — to provide non-intensive care for COVID patients and others.
Trump doubles down about mask shortages at NYC hospitals amid coronavirus crisis
Without offering evidence, President Trump doubled down Monday on his baseless suggestion that New York City healthcare workers may be stealing or hoarding face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Trump returned to the premise that something nefarious is taking place at city hospitals after a reporter asked him to substantiate his Sunday claim that masks may be “going out the backdoor.”
USNS Comfort arrives in NYC but more help is needed says Cuomo, de Blasio
For the first time since 9/11, the U.S. Navy hospital ship returned to the shores of NYC on Monday morning as hundreds of New Yorkers watched the ship dock at Pier 90 on the Upper West Side. Onboard the USNS Comfort: 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms, lab, pharmacy, CT scanner, and more than 1,000 military medical personnel needed to relieve pressure on the city’s overwhelmed hospitals starting Tuesday as a floating hospital for non-coronavirus patients.
In early March, as NYC Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo scrambled to get ahead of the global pandemic, it was business-as-usual in break rooms at fire stations, subway facilities, bus depots and police precincts across the five boroughs
Thousands of cops, firefighters, transit workers and emergency medical technicians walked in-and-out of break rooms without wearing masks, unwittingly transmitting the disease to an untold number of colleagues.
Johnson & Johnson hopes to start testing coronavirus vaccine in September
Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson is planning to begin clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine with the aim of distributing the vaccine in early 2021, the company announced Monday.
Johnson & Johnson said work on the vaccine began in January alongside the Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Migrant workers in India sprayed with bleach solution amid coronavirus lockdown: report
Health workers in northern India sparked outrage by reportedly spraying a bleach solution on migrant workers returning home during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
The bleach disinfectant, used to sanitize buses, was sprayed on the people as they sat on a road in the northern city of Bareilly with their backs to the hose, Reuters reported.
Disturbing videos posted online show hospitals struggling to deal with bodies.
One video seems to show bodybags sitting on gurneys on a sidewalk, while another seems to show bodybags being loaded into a trailer using a forklift in Brooklyn. “This is real y’all, this is for real … right here in Brooklyn,” the filmer said.
General Electric workers stage walk out, demand company start producing ventilators
General Electric factory workers walked off the job, demanding that the company start manufacturing ventilators at its idle jet engine factories.
Workers at an aviation factory in Lynn, Mass., and union workers at GE’s Boston headquarters took part, a report said.
A Florida sheriff announced that an arrest warrant is out for a Tampa pastor who disobeyed social distancing warnings and filled his church this weekend.
Rodney Howard-Browne, pastor at the River at Tampa Bay megachurch in Riverview, held two services Sunday that packed the pews, all on a livestream. The church even provided buses to transport people.
7 Formula One teams working together to make breathing aids amid coronavirus pandemic
Seven Formula One racing teams from the U.K. — including Mercedes, Aston Martin and McLaren — and their engineers will work to make respiratory devices to battle COVID-19.
Un-welcome the stranger: Rhode Island’s misguided no-entry to visitors from neighboring states
The Daily News editorial board weighs in on Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s illegal, authoritarian “papers please” order to pull over vehicles with N.Y. plates and question travelers on buses and trains.
Raimondo’s problem preventing spread within her state. That’s why the U.S. has the CDC advisory.
Two inmates with NYC mob ties seek release due to coronavirus fears
Two inmates with New York mob ties, Eugene ‘Boobsie’ Castelle and Daniel Capaldo, aka ‘Shrek,’ are seeking release from federal jail amid the growing coronavirus pandemic gripping the city.
Capaldo, a reputed Colombo family member, was picked up in 2019 in a racketeering, extortion, loansharking, stalking and attempted sports bribery case.
Brooklyn cafe owner is city’s first arrest for violating coronavirus restaurant shutdown
A Brooklyn cafe owner who ignored a police warning that his business was flouting the coronavirus restaurant shutdown was arrested for running an illegal bar and gambling den, police said.
Vasil Pando, 56, was charged with illegally selling booze and promoting gambling, as well as reckless endangerment and criminal nuisance. He was given a desk appearance ticket then released.
N.Y. state Sen. James Seward, battling cancer, tests positive for coronavirus
State Sen. James Seward, who is currently battling cancer, and his wife have both tested positive for coronavirus.
Seward, who announced in January that he would not be seeking reelection this year as he underwent cancer treatments, is being treated Albany Medical Center, Senate Minority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk) announced.
New York’s coronavirus death toll soars above 1,200, with 253 victims in past 24 hours: Cuomo
At least 1,218 New Yorkers have died from coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo said Monday, with 253 people falling victim to the respiratory infection in the past 24 hours alone.
Cuomo reported the grim numbers during a briefing at Midtown’s Javits Center, which is being refitted into a field hospital amid a terrifying uptick in COVID-19 cases.
Coronavirus-infected MCC inmate held in unit for ‘old and infirm,’ court papers claim
An inmate diagnosed with coronavirus at a dysfunctional federal jail in lower Manhattan was held in a unit for “old and infirm” men particularly vulnerable to the illness, court papers say.
A total of three inmates at MCC have the virus, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Dr. Arnold Weg, a 63-year-old internist at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center on the Upper East Side, is no stranger to health emergencies.
But after being coughed on by a patient he was treating several weeks ago, he found himself in a crisis of his own — stricken with COVID-19 in the same hospital where he’s worked for years.
112 people die from coronavirus in NYC in 25 hours, as cases top 36,000
There were 36,221 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the five boroughs by 10:30 a.m. Monday, a 12% increase from 32,308 at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Health Department data.
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies after contracting coronavirus
Beloved Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has died at age 70 after he was diagnosed with coronavirus and placed on a ventilator in Tokyo, according to his representatives.
NYC officials look to convert security deposits to rent in relief push
Renters hit hard in the pocketbook by the coronavirus outbreak would be able to use their security deposits as April rent payments under a new proposal from four city elected officials.
Spain’s hospitals on brink of collapse as country passes China in number of coronavirus infections
Spain’s total number of coronavirus infections passed China’s official tally on Monday, a staggering development for a country with an increasingly overwhelmed health care system and whose population is nearly 30 times smaller than the original epicenter of the disease.
Macy’s to furlough ‘majority’ of 125,000 employees after coronavirus store closure
Macy’s announced Monday that it will furlough the “majority” of its employees companywide to balance the checkbooks after the coronavirus pandemic has closed down stores and sent sales plummeting.
N.J. couple face child endangerment charges for hosting wedding during coronavirus outbreak
A New Jersey couple now face child endangerment charges for hosting a massive gathering during the coronavirus outbreak.
Cops in Lakewood discovered about 40-50 people outside a home on Alamitos Dr. on Sunday, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
‘Outrageous’: De Blasio blasts Trump’s comments about N.Y. mask usage
Mayor de Blasio decried President Trump for implying that New York urgently needs face masks to battle coronavirus because health care workers might be stealing or hoarding supplies.
Navy hospital ship arrives in NYC to help in battle against coronavirus
The USNS Comfort — an enormous Navy hospital ship last dispatched to the Big Apple in the wake of 9/11 — arrived in New York City on Monday to help in the battle against the coronavirus.
The 1,000-bed ship coasted up the Hudson River on Monday morning and docked at Pier 90 on Manhattan’s west side shortly before noon.
Gov. Ron DeSantis issues ‘Safer at Home’ order for southeast Florida amid coronavirus pandemic
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a “Safer at Home” executive order in southeast Florida on Monday to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
DeSantis said at a joint press conference that the order will be applied until mid-May in the counties of Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Monroe and Broward, according to local news station WPTV.
NYPD to enforce social distancing on subways: Mayor De Blasio
Police officers will kick riders off the subways spread out on cars to stop the spread of coronavirus, Mayor de Blasio said.
“I understand people are trying to get somewhere, but no one should be getting on a crowded train. Spread out throughout the train, wait for the next train,” said de Blasio.
Hong Kong man gets 3 months in jail for breaching coronavirus quarantine rules
Three men who breached Hong Kong’s quarantine rules were sentenced to up to three months in jail Monday in the first such convictions since the Chinese territory imposed a series of restrictions last month to curb the spread of coronavirus.
One of the men, who’s apparently homeless, admitted to giving a false residential address when he returned from mainland China on March 8, authorities said.
Disgraced opera singer Plácido Domingo hospitalized after coronavirus diagnosis
Days after he announced he had tested positive for coronavirus, critically acclaimed opera singer and accused sexual harasser Plácido Domingo has been hospitalized in Mexico.
Domingo, 79, announced last weekend that he had tested positive.
Photo of Atlanta-based healthcare workers on plane headed for New York goes viral
The image of Georgia-based medical workers on a plane bound for New York to help with coronavirus patients has burned up social media.
At least 30 healthcare professionals from the Atlanta area, many seen in the photo making heart symbols with their hands, flew into LaGuardia airport this weekend to help at local hospitals, according to Southwest Airlines.
Coronavirus is mutating and now has eight strains: doctors
The novel coronavirus is mutating, as viruses do, and eight strains are now making the rounds globally, medical experts say.
The good news is that the mutations are not more lethal, said Trevor Bedford, whose website, NextStrain.org, is tracking the virus’s genome from samples provided to him from throughout the world.
2020 Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for summer 2021 after coronavirus postponement
The postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics have officially been rescheduled for next summer, the International Olympic Committee announced.
The games, which were pushed back a year last week over growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, will instead run from July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021.
NYC’s pregnant EMTs have to show up for work or lose personal time off during coronavirus crisis
Pregnant city workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are still showing up for work — but in many cases it’s because they have no other option, the Daily News has learned.
In the Fire Department’s EMS bureau — where women are roughly 50% of the 4,500 workforce — there are 23 pregnant front line workers. Two of them have already tested positive for COVID-19, sources told The News.
Coronavirus forces feds to complete record-fast construction in NYC to make room for hospital ship
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked one of the speediest timelines for a major construction project in New York City history.
After President Trump on March 18 announced the USNS Comfort hospital ship would be deployed to Manhattan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers got to work to make sure there was enough space for the massive vessel.
New York’s coronavirus death toll exceeds 1,000
An emergency hospital was erected in tents in Central Park Sunday as the city’s staggering toll of coronavirus deaths rose to at least 776, pushing the statewide count past 1,000.
“We’re going to be using every place we need to use to help people,” Mayor de Blasio said at a press conference. “This is the kind of thing you will see now as this crisis develops and deepens.”
After Olympic delay, coronavirus cases spike in Tokyo
Before the Olympics were postponed, Japan looked like it had coronavirus infections contained, even as they spread in neighboring countries. Now that the games have been pushed to next year, Tokyo’s cases are spiking, and the city’s governor is requesting that people stay home, even hinting at a possible lockdown.
Beloved Queens educator Joe Lewinger dies of coronavirus at 42
A Queens high school assistant principal adored by his students has died of coronavirus.
Joseph Lewinger, 42, served as a teacher, basketball coach, and athletic director during his 20-year tenure at The Mary Louis all-girls private school in Jamaica. He died of complications stemming from COVID-19 on Saturday, the school’s principal confirmed in a statement.
Queens DA Melinda Katz tests positive for coronavirus
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has tested positive for coronavirus after learning she was exposed earlier this month.
A spokesperson told Politico that the attorney is not feeling ill and is working from home.
Thousands of NYPD employees are now working from home, with the department now expecting the total number of cops and civilians testing positive for the coronavirus to hit 900.
“We have thousands of employees working from home, as long as they can do those jobs,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a press conference Sunday. “We’ve given discretion to our frontline commanders in terms of accommodating people, particularly people over 50 years of age with vulnerabilities the disease seems to strike harder.”
Netherlands recalls 600,000 faulty coronavirus face masks from China
Medical face masks are in high demand worldwide as nations struggle to contain the spread of coronavirus, but Dutch hospitals had to return 600,000 of them that were imported from China after authorities discovered that they were faulty.
“When they were delivered to our hospital, I immediately rejected those masks,” one hospital worker told Dutch broadcaster NOS. “If those masks do not close properly, the virus particles can simply pass. We do not use them. That is unsafe for our people.”
Trump extends social distancing guidelines 30 days, goes on rant about NYC using too many face masks
As coronavirus continued its unrelenting nationwide spread Sunday, President Trump added 30 days to his social distancing guidelines and went on a bizarre rant implying foul play in New York City’s heavy use of urgently needed face masks.
Speaking after a manufacturer said an unnamed New York hospital’s mask usage had increased more than tenfold since the virus outbreak, Trump donned his tinfoil hat and insinuated a dark conspiracy was taking place.
FDNY mechanic, an ‘unsung hero’ who kept ambulances running, dies of coronavirus
An ambulance mechanic and U.S. Army veteran on Sunday became the first FDNY member to die of coronavirus.
James Villecco, 55, a Staten Island resident, was hailed as an “unsung hero.”
Studies point to mother-to-baby coronavirus transmission during pregnancy
Mothers may be at risk of transmitting the novel coronavirus to their babies in utero, according to new research.
In one study, three out of 33 pregnant women in China who gave birth while infected with the new coronavirus had babies with COVID-19, the illness caused by the newly evolved pathogen, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports.
Field hospital to fight coronavirus goes up in Central Park
Tents were erected in Central Park Sunday to create a field hospital to treat coronavirus patients as New York City hospitals overflow their capacity.
The 68-bed hospital, which is run by Mount Sinai Health System and Samaritan’s Purse, a faith-based charity run by the Rev. Franklin Graham, will start taking patients Tuesday, city officials confirmed.
Westchester County’s “patient zero” is no longer hospitalized.
Breaking into a wide smile during a somber midday briefing Sunday on the coronavirus outbreak that’s transformed New York into the new epicenter of the global pandemic, Gov. Cuomo delivered a heartening update.
Coronavirus-stricken cruise with four dead gets permission to head for Florida
The Zaandam, which has reported more than 130 passengers and crew members with “flu-like symptoms,” two positive coronavirus tests and four deaths, was turned away from the port in Chile and has been floating off the coast of Panama for days.
With a third of NYC food pantries closed amid coronavirus, advocates call for $50M in aid
Nearly one in three of the city’s food pantries have closed amid a huge spike in demand due to coronavirus — and more are on the brink of closing, according to the Met Council on Jewish Poverty, one of the city’s biggest charities.
Stimulus checks coming in ‘two weeks,’ says White House’s Larry Kudlow; hedges on timing of recovery
Millions of Americans reeling from the economic impact of coronavirus will probably get checks from the feds in “two weeks,” says a top White House adviser, though he added there’s “no magic wand” to restore the economy.
CBS News veteran Maria Mercader dead from coronavirus at 54
Maria Mercader, a CBS News producer who won an Emmy with the network in 2004, died Sunday from coronavirus.
She was 54.
The White House’s coronavirus response coordinator on Sunday held up New York as an example for the rest of the country to follow.
“At this moment, we are asking every single governor and every single mayor to prepare like New York is preparing now,” Dr. Deborah Birx said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
German finance minister commits suicide as coronavirus blitzes economy
The body of Thomas Schäfer, from the central German state Hesse, was found on railroad tracks near Frankfurt over the weekend, according to DW News.
Italy reports 756 new coronavirus deaths, but rate drops
The Civil Protection Agency said Sunday that 756 people have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 10,779, more than one-third of the global death toll.
Transit worker unions were up in arms after agency chairman Pat Foye tested positive for COVID-19 Saturday, a day after he began to exhibit symptoms of the disease.
The NYPD is investigating what might be the city’s first coronavirus-related homicide — after a woman hit an elderly Brooklyn hospital patient in the head for violating social distancing, sources said Sunday.
Detroit auto show canceled, center to be used as coronavirus hospital
The 2020 North American International Auto Show has canceled its Detroit event, scheduled for June, after FEMA announced that the same facility will be used as a coronavirus hospital for the next six months.
Stephon Marbury wants to send NYC 10 million surgical masks in the next month
It was 4 a.m. in Beijing when former Knicks player and Coney Island native Stephon Marbury got on the phone with the Daily News.
He didn’t want to talk about basketball. He wanted to talk about how he could help the U.S., and particularly his beloved native New York, battle the coronavirus.
‘As the president fiddles, people are dying:’ Pelosi slams Trump’s handling of coronavirus
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unleashed a harsh new attack on President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus on Sunday.
“As the president fiddles, people are dying,” she said on CNN.
NYC’s coronavirus death toll rises by 161 in 24 hours
The grim count rose from 517 as of Saturday at 10 a.m. to 678 as of Sunday at 9:30 a.m., city stats showed.
Jon Bon Jovi believes his 17-year-old son had a ‘mild case’ of coronavirus
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi said he suspects his teenage son, Jacob, contracted a “mild case” of coronavirus.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo canceled a controversial Friday order requiring anyone coming from New York State to self-quarantine for 14 days — and expanded the requirement to everyone visiting Rhode Island from out of state.
U.S. could see 100K-200K coronavirus deaths, warns Fauci
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning, Dr. Fauci warned that the United States could see “between 100,000 and 200,000” deaths before the pandemic is over and “millions of cases.”
Florida governor DeSantis defends refusal to close beaches, points to NYC subway
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that he doesn’t regret leaving the beaches open for spring break even as the coronavirus outbreak spreads through the state.
Instead, the Republican governor compared people in Florida in the “sunshine, heat and humidity” to New York and the subways where people are “packed like sardines.”
Policing the coronavirus pandemic: NYPD Commissioner Shea pivots in a crisis
One by one, various police executives on Wednesday, with the Daily News present, briefed Police Commissioner Dermot Shea on the key issues — how many cops have the coronavirus, how many others show symptoms, who’s covering for them, which stationhouses have been professionally disinfected, and, most importantly, is the department as ready as before the pandemic hit to do its job.
De Blasio plays down his past statements urging New Yorkers to act normal in spite of coronavirus
“We should not be focusing, in my view, on anything looking back on any level of government right now,” Hizzoner said on CNN. “This is just about how we save lives going forward.”
Spain announces record-high coronavirus death toll, but rate falls
Spain’s coronavirus death toll continues to skyrocket as the total soared past 6,500 Sunday.
The Spanish Health Ministry announced Sunday morning that 838 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 6,528.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announces staff member dead from coronavirus
April Dunn, who worked in the office of disability affairs, served as the chair of the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council and was a part of the State As A Model Employer Taskforce, according to Edwards.
Outbreak at Maryland nursing home sickens at least 66 residents
Almost a dozen residents at a Carroll County, Maryland, nursing home have been hospitalized as the coronavirus outbreak spreads around the senior living facility.
First federal inmate dies of coronavirus
Patrick Jones, a 49-year-old black man, was serving 27 years at the Federal Correctional Institution Oakdale I in Louisiana for possession with intent to distribute 425.1 grams of crack cocaine within 1000 feet of a junior college, according to a statement from the BOP.
UPS driver Robert Santana — with a huge assist from his Teamsters union rep — turned a routine pickup at one of his stops into a potentially live-saving deal.
As we grieve, we are also working hard to keep 5,800 employees safe with as much telework and social distancing as humanly possible, while responding to emergency conditions on our roads, bridges, sidewalks and traffic operations infrastructure — and keeping the Staten Island Ferry running 24/7.
NYC’s one-day coronavirus death toll shoots up to 222, number of cases soars past 30,000
New York City’s coronavirus daily death toll spiked Saturday as a shocking 222 succumbed to the deadly virus — nearly triple the toll from the previous 24-hour period.
As of 4 p.m. Saturday, coronavirus had taken 672 lives in New York City, up sharply from a total tally of 450 on Friday afternoon.
President Trump on Saturday walked back his plan for a two-week quarantine covering New York, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut, and instead vowed a “strong Travel Advisory” that will be administered by the governors of the three states.
“A quarantine will not be necessary,” Trump tweeted. “Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you!”
Fox News viewers take coronavirus less seriously than other Republicans, poll finds
Republicans who watched Fox News were more likely to go outside and more likely to believe the coronavirus threat was exaggerated than their non-Fox-watching party allies, a new poll found.
The survey, conducted from March 13-16, found that only about 10% of Republicans who had watched Fox News in the previous 24 hours decided to stay home as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to explode in the U.S.
MTA chairman Pat Foye tests positive for coronavirus
Pat Foye was tested after he began exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 on Friday, said MTA spokesman Tim Minton.
Foye chaired a Metropolitan Transportation Authority board meeting Wednesday, at which most attendees called in via video chat.
But New York’s top transit honcho was in the same room as other vital agency officials like Mario Peloquin, its chief operating officer, NYC Transit president Sarah Feinberg and head of New York City subways Sally Librera.
NYC community help: Kindness amid the coronavirus crisis
New Yorkers feeling increasingly concerned or confused as the coronavirus outbreak ravages the city have a wealth of resources to turn to for help in these trying times. From free meals for jobless restaurant workers to senior assistance to information for undocumented immigrants, here are a few ways the city is helping those in need.
New York primary election delayed to June 23 amid coronavirus
New York has delayed its presidential primary elections that were scheduled for late April over the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Cuomo said he would order the presidential votes held at the same time as primaries for Congress and other offices on June 23.
Knicks owner James Dolan does the right thing for MSG workers
James Dolan has stepped up for his part-time workers.
According to a memo sent to employees, Dolan and MSG has agreed to pay its event staff through at least May 3 during the coronavirus shutdown and created a $2.3 million relief fund for hardship cases.
Nurses at Bronx hospital protest lack of supplies, protective gear to fight coronavirus
Nurses at a Bronx hospital pleaded Saturday for more protective gear to treat coronavirus patients, blasting official claims that there are enough supplies for healthcare workers.
Two nurses at Jacobi Medical Center have now contracted the illness because of a lack of equipment, they said.
Cuomo says 209 die in day as coronavirus ‘war’ looms and N.Y. cases soar above 52,000
Gov. Cuomo on Saturday warned New Yorkers to gird for a “war” on the coronavirus pandemic as the death toll soared by 209 people in the past 24 hours alone.
The number of dead rose to 728, up from 519 the day before in the state that is now the epicenter of the global pandemic.
First NYPD cop dies from coronavirus: sources
An NYPD cop has died from the coronavirus, the first uniformed member to succumb to the illness, multiple sources told the Daily News.
The officer, believed to be a detective, died of complications stemming from the disease early Saturday, sources said.
Coronavirus condom crisis: Global production leader shut down
The global leader in condom production has been forced to shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported. Now, the contraceptive brand is warning of an impending global shortage.
Spain suffers deadliest day yet with 832 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
The number of coronavirus fatalities in Spain over the last 24 hours climbed to 832 people, marking the deadliest day there since the outbreak began.
The grim figure brings the total death toll in Spain, now an epicenter for the global outbreak, to 5,690.
Coronavirus cases at MTA triple in two days as fear spreads among NYC Transit workers
In just two days this week, the number of coronavirus cases tripled in the MTA’s front-line workforce.
As of Thursday, at least 156 Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees had confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to data released by the agency Friday. That’s a steep increase from the 52 cases agency chairman Pat Foye reported Tuesday.
U.S. surpasses 100,000 coronavirus cases; world count near 600,000
The United States now has more than 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, most of any country in the world.
As of Friday night, there are nearly 600,000 cases across the globe, a number that has doubled in less than a week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Just last Saturday, there were 300,000 confirmed cases.
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3-week-old baby in Long Island tested positive for coronavirus: report
A three-week-old baby in Long Island reportedly contracted the coronavirus, making the infant the youngest person in the nation to do so.
The three-week-old child was treated at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola for several days, but is now home recuperating.
Biden calls for fresh coronavirus stimulus and slams Trump in video
Joe Biden is calling for new coronavirus stimulus measures in a fresh economic blueprint aimed at limiting the catastrophic impact of the pandemic.
The Democratic front runner put out a three-point plan in a video message to Americans that includes calls for more aid to cash-strapped laid-off workers, small businesses and student loan borrowers.
New York City’s playgrounds should be closed in order to prevent kids from spreading the coronavirus among one another and bringing it home to their families, Council Speaker Corey Johnson said Thursday.
Coronavirus death toll climbs past 1,000 in United States
The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus climbed past 1,000 in the United States late Wednesday night as the disease continued to spread nationwide.
The country has so far recorded 1,046 deaths and a total of 69,197 cases. Most of those — 33,000 — have emerged in New York, where 280 people have died from the illness. The worldwide death count surpassed 21,000 on Thursday.
Starting Monday, 660 cops — 536 officers plus supervisors — will check parks, pedestrian plazas and other places people gather, such as health care facilities, supermarkets and drug stores, to make sure people are at least six feet apart.
The formation of the task force comes amid concerns that too many New Yorkers, particularly young people, are ignoring coronavirus social distancing guidelines.
Cars will be banned from streets in four boroughs from Friday to Monday to give a bit more walking space to New Yorkers cooped up by the coronavirus crisis.
The street openings come after Gov. Cuomo on Sunday asked de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson to come up with a plan to reduce density in public areas across the city — including opening up some streets to pedestrians.
Elmhurst Hospital in Queens had 13 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
Elmhurst Hospital in Queens saw 13 coronavirus deaths in a single day — a seemingly staggering number that could look like a drop in the ocean once the apex of the pandemic hits.
The city-run hospital, which has 545 beds, saw the deaths over a 24-hour period Tuesday, New York City Health and Hospitals spokesman Christopher Miller said.
EMS calls spike amid coronavirus crisis, and FDNY urges people to only call 911 in an emergency
Ambulance calls have spiked every day in New York City since the coronavirus crisis began, officials said — and the FDNY has recorded a public service announcement telling New Yorkers to call 911 only during an emergency.
“If you have more severe symptoms such as difficulty breathing and very high fever, go to an emergency department,” EMT Sarah McShane said in a video shared on YouTube and social media. “Only call 911 if you need help right away.”
Senate approves $2 trillion coronavirus relief package — largest economic stimulus in U.S. history
After days of around-the-clock negotiations, the Senate unanimously approved $2 trillion in emergency spending late Wednesday to help out workers, companies and state governments in deep financial distress because of the coronavirus, locking in the largest economic stimulus in American history.
The enormous rescue bill — which has a price tag that’s half the size of the federal government’s entire annual budget — passed the Republican-controlled chamber in a 96-0 vote that came in minutes before midnight. The measure now heads to the House, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic majority will get a chance to chime in before sending it to President Trump’s desk for final approval.
50,000 Americans stranded abroad after coronavirus travel restrictions
More than 50,000 Americans have asked for help getting home as countries around the world have closed their borders to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
At least 9,000 Americans from 28 different countries have already been brought home, Brownlee said. Another 9,000 are scheduled to return on 66 flights across the next week and a half.
3.28 million people filed for unemployment in the U.S. last week amid coronavirus shutdown
A record 3.28 million Americans filed jobless claims in the past week as the coronavirus crisis plunged the nation into a certain deep recession.
The grim number is an eye-popping 400% higher than the all-time record of 695,000 in 1982.
Dr. Fauci warns Trump: ‘The virus makes the timeline’
Dr. Fauci has a grim message for President Trump: Coronavirus is going to rain on his “beautiful” Easter revival plans.
The nation’s top pandemic doc pushed back against’s Trump’s suggestion that America could be mostly back to normal and that churches should be “packed” on Easter Sunday.
Cuomo and de Blasio warn of dire days ahead as coronavirus cases surge in NYC
New York’s top leaders sounded the alarm Wednesday as coronavirus continues to strain the state’s healthcare system and hold life in the Big Apple at a standstill.
In a grim midday message, Mayor de Blasio predicted that 50% of the city’s population could come down with the deadly disease in the coming weeks as Gov. Cuomo announced the state now has more than 30,000 cases.
NYC builds massive makeshift morgue at Bellevue Hospital
Giant tents and big refrigerated trucks have been set up outside Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan to accommodate thousands of dead bodies in case the coronavirus overwhelms the city’s morgue system.
The city Medical Examiner’s office set up the grim operation at the hospital in Kips Bay this week. The Bellevue campus also includes the Medical Examiner’s headquarters.
