Weekend. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave an update on the confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. The Governor Also Announced Public Schools in the state would be closed for another two weeks until april 15. Good morning everyone. Let me introduce who we have with us today. To my far right we have the president of Empire College who i worked with for many years and has been helpful here on this mission. Our commissioner of health to my left is the general Patrick Murphy who will say more in a moment and to his left is general shields. Thank you for being here today for this is an amazing a compliment transformative in just one week this center looks entirely different and this was a place that is literally going to save lives. Let me go through some facts if i can on a daily update of where we are and then i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. The increase in the number of cases continues. We still see tha
For new york city. Good morning everyone. Let me introduce who we have with us today. From my far right we have jim watches who is the president of empire college. We worked with him for many years and hes been helpful on this mission our commissioner of health, doctor howard zucker, to my left is general Patrick Murphy, obviously more about him in a moment and to his left is general raymond shield. Thank you for being here today. This is an amazing compliment. Its transformative in just one week. The job center looks entirely different. This is a place thats literally going tosave lives. Go through some facts , if i can. On a daily update of where we are and then i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. The increase in the number of cases continues. We still see thattrajectory going up. Those are the dates frommarch 3 to march 20. Strategy, plan of action, along, step one flatten the curve comments that you incr
General Patrick Murphy was in charge of our National Guard for many years. Did an outstanding job. Ive been with him in many emergency situations over the years. Hes a man who leads from the front. Hes my type of leader. He had so much fun that he retired and came and joined us as commissioner of homeland security. This team, new yorkers should have total confidence because they have done it before. Theyve been in the situation. Not this exact situation, but theyve handled emergencies and theyve handled them all very well. They are proven. Lets go through this for an update on where we are today. Everyone knows what we are dealing with. Its preventing overload of the Health Care System, so the number of acute cases are coming in to the Health Care System, the growth in the number of acute cases must match the capacity of the Health Care System and that is what we have been working on. The rate of icu hospitalizations even more closely, the difference between the number of beds you need
Good morning, everyone. We haventroduce who with us. We have jim, the president of Empire College who i worked with for many years and who has been very helpful on this mission. Our commissioner of health dr. Howard zuker. Left, general Patrick Murphy. To his left is general agreement raymond shields. Thank you for being here today. This is an amazing accomplishment, transformative, in just one week the Javits Center looks entirely different. This is a place that is literally going to save lives. Let me go through some facts, if i can. On a daily update of where we are and i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and do such a great job on this facility. The increase in the number of cases continues. We see the trajectory going up. Plan of action. Step one, one flattened the curve, we increase capacity. Flattening the curve meaning if you do it as well as you can do it hopefully there is no high point of the curve, no apex. It is a flatter lower curve. Wh
Former general Patrick Murphy. General Patrick Murphy was in charge of our National Guard for many years. Did an outstanding job. I have been with him in many emergency situations over the years. He is a man who leads from the front. He is my type of leader. He had so much fun that he retired, and then he came and joined us as commissioner of homeland security. Workingm and the team on this new yorkers should have total confidence, because they have done it before. They have been in this situation. Not this exact situation, that they have handled emergencies, and they have handled them very well. They are proven. Lets go through this for an update on where we are today. Overview of the system Everybody Knows what we are dealing with. It is preventing overload of the Health Care System. The number of acute cases that are coming into the Health Care System we have broken the number of acute cases. Must match the capacity of the Health Care System. That is what we have been working on. We