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| Coronavirus: Trump 'considering quarantine on New York' | |
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| US President Donald Trump has said he is considering imposing a quarantine on New York in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. | |
| "We'd like to see [it] quarantined because it's a hotspot," he told reporters. "I'm thinking about that." | |
| He spoke as confirmed cases in the state increased to more than 52,000, with at least 728 deaths. | |
| But the state's governor, Andrew Cuomo, said he had not discussed such measures with the president. | |
| "I didn't speak to him about any quarantine," he told reporters shortly after he held a call with Mr Trump. | |
| "I haven't had those conversations," he added. "I don't even know what that means." | |
| New York state has the highest number of cases of Covid-19 in the US. | |
| Mr Trump also said "New Jersey [and] certain parts of Connecticut" could be quarantined under the new measures. | |
| "We might not have to do it but there's a possibility that sometime today we'll do a quarantine — short term [for] two weeks," he said. |