- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that Rick Cotton, the Port Authority’s executive director for New York and New Jersey, has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
- Cotton has been overseeing the arrival of overseas flights coming into airports in the area, including John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- Cuomo on Monday identified the New York city of New Rochelle as a “significant hotspot” for the virus. At least 106 cases have been confirmed there so far, the governor said.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that Rick Cotton, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Cotton “is going to be on quarantine” and will be working at home, Cuomo said at a press briefing.
The team of senior officials who work with Cotton will also be tested, Cuomo said, adding that “several of them may be on quarantine.”
Cotton has been overseeing the arrival of overseas flights coming into airports in the area, including John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Cotton “has been doing a magnificent job handling the airports,” Cuomo said.
The deadly coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan, China, has spread across the globe in recent months. The disease has killed more than 3,800 people worldwide and infected more than 111,000 so far, including more than 500 people in the U.S. across 34 states.
Did he meet up with Cuomo? lol
Are we going to be told the name of every person who comes down with the flu now?
Well, yeah! All those ships coming in from China, with Chinese crews running around on the docks? What did we expect?
Is the infected a Trump hater? I ask because that fact hinges on whether I pray he lives or dies.
Why was he tested? Was he showing serious symptoms of it?
I imagine the vast majority of those with Coronavirus either aren’t affected enough to seek medical care or are just considered flu cases by their doctors and overlooked for further testing to see what they actually have. How many of those not serious enough to end up in the hospital are tested and what led to the tests?
This disease seems t leave me at a loss when I seek information that I would be readily available, at least as available and detailed as various flu statistics are (I’m talking about overall statistics, things that should have a record available since they are undoubtedly collected).
cuomo says he will not shut down the subway system
I can’t wait for the fatality totals in nyc from the Wuhan virus!
it’s going to be huge!