In other words he is preparing the ground for total closure just like Italy.
via CNBC
- “I’ve said the same thing to you every day for the past three weeks, I think. You are going to see these numbers are going to go up,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a Thursday press conference on the coronavirus outbreak.
- “What makes you think that the virus in China, the virus in South Korea, the virus in Italy wasn’t going to react any differently than the virus here?” he said.
- Cuomo announced a ban on gatherings of 500 or more people across the state “for the foreseeable future” as public officials try to contain the fast-moving outbreak.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is likely to see a similar spread of COVID-19 as China, South Korea and Italy, where the new coronavirus has millions of people under lockdown and has shuttered commerce.
“I’ve said the same thing to you every day for the past three weeks, I think. You are going to see these numbers are going to go up,” Cuomo said during a press conference Thursday.
“What makes you think that the virus in China, the virus in South Korea, the virus in Italy wasn’t going to react any differently than the virus here?” he said. “You are going to see the same trajectory that you saw in China, South Korea and Italy, and it is going to happen here as the virus spreads because of the way it is actually contagious.”