New York Gov. Cuomo said an order for 17,000 ventilators from federal officials 'never came through.' Now, others are sending the equipment: Oregon is donating 140 and China facilitated a delivery of 1,000.
A pedestrian wearing a face mask passes Thursday in New York City. On Saturday, Gov. Cuomo told reporters that New York continued to see a rise in confirmed cases and deaths related to the coronavirus throughout the state.A pedestrian wearing a face mask passes Thursday in New York City. On Saturday, Gov. Cuomo told reporters that New York continued to see a rise in confirmed cases and deaths related to the coronavirus throughout the state.
The state ordered 17,000 of the life-saving devices from the federal government, but"that order never came through," Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters at aSo, in its time of desperation, Cuomo said New York is getting help from some rather distant partners: Oregon, which is making an unsolicited donation of 140 ventilators to the state, and the Chinese government, which facilitated a delivery of 1,000 ventilators arriving Saturday in New York City.
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