China And Oregon Send Ventilators To New York, As Statewide Coronavirus Cases Surpass 113,000
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China And Oregon Send Ventilators To New York, As Statewide Coronavirus Cases Surpass 113,000
The state’s death toll surged above 3,500 overnight. JOHN LAMPARSKI/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
Topline: Governor Andrew Cuomo in a press conference on Friday thanked both China and the state of Oregon for sending New York more ventilators, with the total number of confirmed cases in his state now surging to 113,704.
- The global epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, New York has a total of 102,863 confirmed cases as of Saturday, with another 10,841 reported overnight. Over 63,000 cases are concentrated in New York City alone.
- The state’s death toll continues to rise: 630 new casualties were reported on Saturday, the biggest single-day increase yet. The amount of lives lost in New York now amount to 3,565—making up almost half of all deaths in the U.S. so far.
- Despite the number of coronavirus cases continuing to rise unabated in the state, the New York governor had some relatively good news on Saturday: Around 66% of hospitalized patients have been discharged, an increase from earlier this week.
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Secondly, Cuomo announced that China had donated 1,000 ventilators to New York, slated to arrive in JFK airport later today—he thanked Alibaba co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai , as well as Chinese Consul General for New York Huang Ping, for their efforts.
- He also announced that Oregon’s governor, Kate Brown, sent New York an unsolicited 140 ventilators from her state. “It was a kind gesture,” Cuomo said, adding that it is also smart from Oregon’s point of view: “The bottom line here is that we’re all in this together.”
- “We will return [that generosity’ double fold, because that’s who we are and what we believe,” the New York governor pledged, as he thanked Governor Brown and the state of Oregon for their help.
Crucial quote: “We need help from other states, help from the federal government,” Cuomo again urged. He has repeatedly called for more aid to New York, promising that his state will then return the favor and help other states as they hit their apexes at later times.
What to watch for: Cuomo again mentioned that he was concerned about a recent surge in cases on Long Island—in Nassau and Suffolk counties, which have both been hit with thousands of new cases in the last few days. Long Island has jumped from 17% to 22% of total coronavirus hospitalizations in the state, Cuomo said on Saturday. “We’ve been saying for the past few days, watch Long Island, because it’s like a fire spreading… you see that number growing.”
Tangent: Cuomo also signed a new executive order on Saturday, to allow medical students who were slated to graduate to begin practicing: “We need doctors, we need nurses, so we’re going to expedite that,” he said.
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Thank you China.
The ventilators from China have arrived in NY, and if you can believe it, Trump tried to take credit for it .
Yea, and the free luncheon special is Mandarin Pangolin with a Bat Bisque.
Hope you enjoy it. Do you know how to use chopsticks?
Yes, I rub them together briskly, starting a fire which I use to thoroughly cook my food.
If New Yorkers were smart, they would check these things for proper operation and make sure they are not electrical hazards LONG before they come close to any patient.
China is only trying to suppress the criticism they are rightfully getting for releasing this virus onto the world. Of course, the WHO and the UN have fully bitten from the "China is so great" bs.
I truly hope the world unites and takes hard action against China. What they did should never happen again.
LOL. I wouldn't bet on that happening if I were you.
Yesterday a plane landed in Boston with 1.3 million N95 masks from China.
Isn't it amazing, Kavika? America can bring a trade war against China with the hopes of damaging its economy, it can interfere with China's demestic affairs by encouraging the protests in Hong Kong, and be critical of the re-education and training of the Uyghurs which effectively stopped acts of terrorism, it can carry out military provocations in the South China Sea and Taiwan, it can smear China by ignoring the WHO's directive to NOT name a virus after a country or location yet Trump and others call covid-19 the China virus, or Wuhan virus or Kung Flu, encouraging xenophobia and hatred endangering the lives of Chinese Americans yet China sends needed medical equipment to America, and if China could see the kind of gratitude posted on NT I wouldn't be surprised if China were to tell the USA to go to Hell. But China and the Chinese people, like Jack Ma, will continue to do the humanitarian thing, notwithstanding. Makes one wonder, doesn't it.
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Not really sure how that was taunting, it was simply a request....but...meh...
If you make him look bad, he'll disappear - so we go easy.
\ yet China sends needed medical equipment to America, and if China could see the kind of gratitude posted
You mean like donating masks and tests that didn't work? Is that what the world should be greatful for?
c the re-education and training of the Uyghurs which effectively stopped acts of terrorism,
Cheering for concentration camps. Wow!
I guess some have already forgot.
I appreciate the fact that you would rather I not be made so uncomfortable here that I delete my NT membership - although some others have proven otherwise.
I have changed my avatar to indicate that I am a patriotic Canadian, the country of my birth and citizenship, even though I am a temporary resident (but will never be a ciitzen) of China.
Oh, did CDC start testing with Chinese-made testing kits? NO masks are effective to prevent becoming infected, although most will HELP to prevent spreading the virus to others if you are infected. Better you should use a scarf, Sean, since you probably would not touch a Chinese-made mask.
Cheering for WW2 internment camps for loyal American Japanese citizens, Sean? Cheering for Guantanamo Bay torture camps, Sean?
I really hope these are checked too.
Interesting that China can send 1.3 million masks to the U.S., but the U.S. can't make enough masks?
3M did, but they went out the back door.
The US sent about 31 million maks to China in February, when the outbreak was at it's worst.
But I guess, as Buzz says, the Chinese should tell the US to go to hell becuase China's doing the humanitarian thing, like selling back to Italy the same PPE Italy donated to China in January and February.
You're sure capable of twisting what others say to suit your purposes. I NEVER said China SHOULD tell the US to go to hell, I said I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED if they did after all the things I related in my comment that the US has done to harm China.
There should be a warning to readers posted on all your comments about how they twist the truth.
Thank you comrades but had you been more open and forthcoming at the beginning of this outbreak the world would not be in such dire straights.
Your masks and respirators wouldn't be needed.
So there you go .....
I agree with you that it was Chinese government officials and police that erred and was the initial cause of the widespread of the virus, and they have been punished for it. The REAL problem causing it to became so widespread is because it started to proliferate during the New Year season when multi-millions of people travel all over China and elsewhere, and that during the first couple of weeks of the illness there are no symptoms but it is still very infectious.
In any event, I and my wife and all her family here have survived the scourge, and I truly hope that all NT members and their loved ones are not touched by it because notwithstanding our differences I think of us all as one big sort of family.
Take care and stay well, Sparty On.
the true punishments have not even started yet.
govts around the globe are going to administer their own versions of "punishment
this will not go away easy. china now has a huge debt to pay to the world, and one way or another they will pay.
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glad to hear that, keep it up, stay safe
I agree and am sincerely happy you and yours remain healthy and hope you remain so.