New York is fast becoming “the canary in the coal mine” for the U.S.'s coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says. The state's cases are doubling every 3 days — and despite shelter-in-place orders, they still haven’t flattened the curve.
"We haven't flattened the curve, and the curve is actually increasing," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of new coronavirus cases Tuesday. Cuomo said his state now has more than 25,000 cases, as he gave an update on the COVID-19 outbreak at a news conference at Manhattan's Javits Center, which will house a temporary hospital."We haven't flattened the curve, and the curve is actually increasing," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of new coronavirus cases Tuesday.
So far, the governor said, New York has not flattened the curve — the metric many officials are following as they attempt to keep the contagious respiratory virus from overwhelming public health systems.The COVID-19 pandemic has already put New York residents under strict limits in their daily lives, with businesses ordered to shut down and people told to isolate themselves.
Along the way, the state's health experts have sought answers to vital questions such as how quickly the coronavirus spreads and whether it can be slowed down. So far, the results are not encouraging."We were looking at a freight train coming across the country — we're now looking at a bullet train," the governor said, repeating a comment that he said originally came from one of his state's health forecasters.
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