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New York remains by far the hardest hit. On Sunday, Mr. Cuomo said the total number of cases in New York was 59,513, an increase of nearly 7,200 confirmed from the day before. More than half of the cases, or 33,768, are in New York City.
The number of deaths in the state was 965, up 237 from the day before the largest one-day increase in deaths since the outbreak began.
About 8,500 people are currently hospitalized, an increase of 16 percent from Saturday to Sunday. Of those, 2,037 are in intensive care units, which are equipped with ventilators.
We have enough supplies to get to a week from today, with the exception of ventilators, were going to need at least several hundred more ventilators very quickly, Mr. de Blasio said in an appearance Sunday morning on CNN. We are going to need a reinforcement.
As Mr. de Blasio spoke, a plane carrying gloves, masks, gowns and other medical supplies from China was on its way to a landing at Kennedy International Airport in New York, the first shipment arranged by a public-private partnership organized by Jared Kushner, President Trumps son-in-law and adviser.
The need for supplies was emphasized on Sunday morning news programs by governors of several states who said they feared hospitals would soon be overwhelmed with patients sick with Covid-19. Several of the governors chose not to criticize the Trump administration, whose help they need.
In New York, the 911 system is overwhelmed, hospitals are deluged with new coronavirus cases and medical staff have clamored for personal protective equipment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/world/coronavirus-news.html
jls4561
(1,241 posts)dalton99a
(81,062 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Massachusetts, Illinois, or NewJersey.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)elleng
(130,126 posts)'Hundreds of thousands of masks sent to Dutch hospitals have been recalled after tests showed they failed to protect the face or had defective filters. The Netherlands recently bought 1.3 million masks from China.
The Dutch government has ordered a recall of around 600,000 masks out of a shipment of 1.3 million from China after they failed to meet quality standards.
The defective masks had already been distributed to several hospitals currently battling the COVID-19 outbreak, news agency AFP and Dutch media reported. The Dutch Health Ministry has kept the rest of the shipment on hold.
An inspection revealed that the FFP2 masks did not protect the face properly or had defective filter membranes. The fine filters stop the virus from entering the mouth or nose. The masks failed more than one inspection.
"A second test also revealed that the masks did not meet the quality norms. Now it has been decided not to use any of this shipment," said the health ministry said in a statement to news agency AFP.'>>>
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-netherlands-recalls-defective-masks-bought-from-china/a-52949216?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213194517
AND: the chinese testing kits sold to czech and spain have 80%/30% failure rate respectively.....
https://www.praguemorning.cz/80-of-rapid-covid-19-tests-the-czech-republic-bought-from-china-are-wrong/
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-spain-says-rapid-tests-sent-from-china-missing-cases-2020-3
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)'Printing money': booming mask producers in China meet global demand
Qian Ye and Helen Roxburgh
AFP March 27, 2020
Probably at least half of those new manufacturers produce substandard junk
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)underlying problem. Media manipulation over substance, as usual.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Esp. with Jared in charge?
I'd say the probability is somewhere around 1.
BComplex
(7,977 posts)health care workers.
matt819
(10,749 posts)The US paid a premium and the grifter and his family made millions. And will make millions on every such delivery. Now we know why american companies couldnt/didnt come through. They werent willing to kick back any money. And with thousand of LLCs, theres no way anyone will find the money.
superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)Means let the public die until the private gets its money
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...interesting point...is this "administration" more corrupt, or more incompetent?
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)You're sure he'd do one car well?
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)with help from Putin and Mohammed bin Salman.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)He'd get lost getting in the car.
mitch96
(13,816 posts)So he's flipping supplies? Our gov't gives it to china for free and they sell it back to us? WTF?
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