[Coronavirus\New York]
City Council Speaker Johnson: “I have been speaking to leading public health care experts and I believe that we are now at a point where it is necessary to create limits on non-essential large gatherings.”
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Coronavirus
NEW YORK PUBLIC ADVOCATE: TAX WALL STREET AND WEALTHY TO STOP MEDICAID CUTS
[Wall Street Wealth Tax\Medicaid]
The Public Advocate identified six revenue-raising measures which together could net $20 Billion in new revenue statewide and protect healthcare funding at a crucial time when the state faces the threat of coronavirus.
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NEW YORK CITY MAYOR DE BLASIO REPORTS TWO NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS
[New York Coronavirus Cases\Mayor Bill de Blasio]
Mayor de Blasio: We want New Yorkers to be prepared and vigilant, not alarmed. We are taking the same decisive steps in every case to shut transmission down: isolate and test each suspected case, trace close contacts, and isolate and test them as well.”
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ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN QUESTIONS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACTING SECRETARY ABOUT CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS
[Coronavirus Preparedness]
During a hearing, Underwood questioned Acting Secretary Wolf on the steps DHS has taken to ensure the safety of its employees and their work to coordinate efforts with the Centers for Disease Control.
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NEW YORK GOVERNOR CUOMO ADDRESSES LOCAL CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AT PRESS BRIEFING
[Coronavirus\New York]
Gov. Cuomo: “Our challenge now is to test as many people as you can. You are not going to eliminate the spread, but you can limit the spread – testing is very important…I said to the people around this table that I would like to have a goal of 1,000 tests per day.”
Photo: Office of Governor Cuomo
AFRICAN STUDENTS IN CHINA FEEL ABANDONED BY AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS AMID ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
[Coronavirus\African Students in China]
Kanzira, a 25-year-old Ugandan medical student, is among thousands of African students living in Wuhan, the central Chinese city of 11 million people currently under lockdown due to a rapidly spreading coronavirus.
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