NEW YORK, April 22 — US President Donald Trump agreed to have the federal government help procure chemical reagents and other supplies needed for New York to double its testing capacity for the novel coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said yesterday. Cuomo, speaking at a briefing after...
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2020 11:01 AM MYT
Cuomo, speaking at a briefing after meeting with Trump in Washington earlier in the day, also said the president indicated he would work to get federal funding to states in the next financial aid legislation to be passed by Congress. The governor added that it was up to his state to help the labs boost their testing capacity and to organize the workforce needed to take more samples from the population.
New York, which is the epicentre of the pandemic in the United States, has reported 257,000 cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, and nearly 20,000 deaths, accounting for nearly half of the country’s fatalities.
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