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N.Y.C. Mayor Calls for National Draft of Doctors to Fight Virus: Live Updates De Blasio Calls for National Draft of Doctors to Fight Virus: Live Updates
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Mayor Bill de Blasio called Thursday night for doctors and other medical workers across the country to be drafted and sent to the places where coronavirus has hit hardest — starting in New York.Mayor Bill de Blasio called Thursday night for doctors and other medical workers across the country to be drafted and sent to the places where coronavirus has hit hardest — starting in New York.
“Unless there is a national effort to enlist doctors, nurses, hospital workers of all kinds and get them where they are needed most in the country in time,” Mr. de Blasio said on MSNBC Friday morning, “I don’t see, honestly, how we’re going to have the professionals we need to get through this crisis.” “Unless there is a national effort to enlist doctors, nurses, hospital workers of all kinds and get them where they are needed most in the country in time,” Mr. de Blasio said on MSNBC Friday morning. “I don’t see, honestly, how we’re going to have the professionals we need to get through this crisis.”
He added: “This country is not in position to deal with this crisis going forward. Whatever we’ve seen up till now, I’m guaranteeing you that next week is going to be a lot tougher.”He added: “This country is not in position to deal with this crisis going forward. Whatever we’ve seen up till now, I’m guaranteeing you that next week is going to be a lot tougher.”
New York City is the center of the outbreak in the United States. Nearly 50,000 people have tested positive, and 1,500 have died in the city, more than 1,000 of them in the past week alone. The city’s emergency medical system is overwhelmed.New York City is the center of the outbreak in the United States. Nearly 50,000 people have tested positive, and 1,500 have died in the city, more than 1,000 of them in the past week alone. The city’s emergency medical system is overwhelmed.
Mr. de Blasio has been asking for days for military medical personnel to be sent to New York but had not sought a draft of civilian doctors before.Mr. de Blasio has been asking for days for military medical personnel to be sent to New York but had not sought a draft of civilian doctors before.
He said in a statement on Thursday: “The federal government must step up and provide the reinforcements we need. The battle will be long, and we cannot fight it alone.”He said in a statement on Thursday: “The federal government must step up and provide the reinforcements we need. The battle will be long, and we cannot fight it alone.”
Mr. de Blasio repeated his warning that this coming Sunday is a crucial day in the fight against the virus — “D-Day,” he again called it on CNN Friday morning. He said that if critical supplies do not arrive soon, hundreds, and then thousands, will die.Mr. de Blasio repeated his warning that this coming Sunday is a crucial day in the fight against the virus — “D-Day,” he again called it on CNN Friday morning. He said that if critical supplies do not arrive soon, hundreds, and then thousands, will die.
One out of every six New York City police officers is out sick or in quarantine. A veteran detective and five civilian workers have died from the disease caused by the coronavirus. And two chiefs and the deputy commissioner in charge of counterterrorism are among more than 1,500 others in the department who have been infected.
With weeks to go before the epidemic is expected to peak, the virus has already strained the Police Department at a time when its 36,000 officers have been asked to step up and help fight it by enforcing emergency rules intended to slow its spread.
The epidemic has also added a new level of risk and anxiety to police work, even as reports of most serious crimes have dropped steeply since the city imposed the new rules. Every arrest or interview now carries the potential for infection, officers say.
“It’s a stressful job at the best of times,” the police commissioner, Dermot F. Shea, said on Tuesday. “Right now, I don’t think you can imagine a worse point of time.”
New York City officials on Thursday advised residents to shield their faces with a scarf, bandanna or other protective covering when leaving their homes, although they reiterated that people should continue to stay at home as much as possible during the outbreak.New York City officials on Thursday advised residents to shield their faces with a scarf, bandanna or other protective covering when leaving their homes, although they reiterated that people should continue to stay at home as much as possible during the outbreak.
“This is an abundance of caution move, to make sure people are not spreading it to other people,” the mayor said on MSNBC on Friday. “It’s only pertinent when you might be close to people. If you’re socially distanced, you don’t need it. If you’re among the people you live under the same roof with, you don’t need it. If you’re in close proximity, you may use it.”“This is an abundance of caution move, to make sure people are not spreading it to other people,” the mayor said on MSNBC on Friday. “It’s only pertinent when you might be close to people. If you’re socially distanced, you don’t need it. If you’re among the people you live under the same roof with, you don’t need it. If you’re in close proximity, you may use it.”
Mr. de Blasio urged city residents not to use the surgical or N-95 masks that are desperately needed by emergency services workers, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff employees who are treating infected patients.Mr. de Blasio urged city residents not to use the surgical or N-95 masks that are desperately needed by emergency services workers, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff employees who are treating infected patients.
“You can create your own version,” Mr. de Blasio said. “You can be creative and put whatever decoration you want on it. It can be as homemade as you want. But that’s what we want you to do: something homemade.”“You can create your own version,” Mr. de Blasio said. “You can be creative and put whatever decoration you want on it. It can be as homemade as you want. But that’s what we want you to do: something homemade.”
The warning from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday was ominous: At the rate the state was using ventilators for coronavirus patients, it would run out in about five days.The warning from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday was ominous: At the rate the state was using ventilators for coronavirus patients, it would run out in about five days.
The remarks imposed an urgent timeline on the guidance the governor has been giving for weeks — that if New York did not get a major infusion of the potentially lifesaving machines, and quickly, the number of virus-related deaths in the state would spike drastically.The remarks imposed an urgent timeline on the guidance the governor has been giving for weeks — that if New York did not get a major infusion of the potentially lifesaving machines, and quickly, the number of virus-related deaths in the state would spike drastically.
“If a person comes in and needs a ventilator and you don’t have a ventilator, the person dies,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing yesterday in Albany. “That’s the blunt equation here. And right now we have a burn rate that would suggest we have about six days in the stockpile.”“If a person comes in and needs a ventilator and you don’t have a ventilator, the person dies,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing yesterday in Albany. “That’s the blunt equation here. And right now we have a burn rate that would suggest we have about six days in the stockpile.”
An emergency hospital set up at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan will now be used to treat virus patients, Mr. Cuomo said on Thursday.An emergency hospital set up at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan will now be used to treat virus patients, Mr. Cuomo said on Thursday.
The facility, which was set up by the Army Corps of Engineers, was originally intended to treat non-virus patients to free up beds at other hospitals that are being overwhelmed by the outbreak.The facility, which was set up by the Army Corps of Engineers, was originally intended to treat non-virus patients to free up beds at other hospitals that are being overwhelmed by the outbreak.
But with the number of virus cases continuing to surge — and only a small number of the Javits bed in use as of Wednesday — Mr. Cuomo asked that people infected with the virus be treated at the convention hall.But with the number of virus cases continuing to surge — and only a small number of the Javits bed in use as of Wednesday — Mr. Cuomo asked that people infected with the virus be treated at the convention hall.
“I asked President Trump this morning to consider the request and the urgency of the matter,” Mr. Cuomo said in a statement. “And the president has just informed me that he granted New York’s request.”“I asked President Trump this morning to consider the request and the urgency of the matter,” Mr. Cuomo said in a statement. “And the president has just informed me that he granted New York’s request.”
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Reporting was contributed by Jonah Engel Bromwich, Michael Gold, Andy Newman and Matt Stevens.Reporting was contributed by Jonah Engel Bromwich, Michael Gold, Andy Newman and Matt Stevens.