″ Please come and help us in New York. Now ″, asks governor

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made an urgent appeal to medical volunteers in the face of a “terrifying” number of deaths from the new coronavirus: “Please come to New York to help us. Now.”

As a result, thousands of doctors and nurses retired or available are answering the call in the United States.

Andrew Cuomo’s appeal was made when the number of people killed in the US state is over 1200, with the majority occurring in the state capital, and the authorities warn that the breaking point for which the crisis is taking hospitals in New York is an anticipation of what will happen soon in other cities in the country.

The governor specified that the metropolis needs an additional million health workers.

“We have already lost more than 1,000 New Yorkers. For me, we are beyond shock,” he said.

At the same time that the governor’s appeal was made public, a US Navy hospital ship, which had also been sent to the city after the 9/11 attacks, was made available, with 1,000 beds to relieve pressure in New York hospitals. York. And about 80,000 former military health professionals have volunteered.

“Whatever they need, I want to do it,” said Jerry Kops, a musician and former nurse, whose tour of the Blue Man Group show was cut short by the pandemic. He returned to his home on Long Island, where he volunteered to be a nurse again.

The USA has more than 160,000 people infected and about 3000 deaths, with New York City being the worst case, at a time when New Orleans, Detroit and other metropolises are beginning to show worrying numbers as well.

“Anyone who sees this situation as exclusive to New York is in a state of denial,” said Cuomo. “This virus moves across the state, across the nation. No American is immune to this virus,” he said.

Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious disease specialist, working for the US government, also warned that smaller cities are likely to see case numbers evolve as in New York.

“What we learned from the painful experience of this pandemic is that it evolves along a straight line, then a little acceleration, it goes off,” he said on ABC television’s “Good Morning America” ​​morning show.

The new coronavirus, responsible for the covid-19 pandemic, has already infected more than 750,000 people worldwide, of whom more than 36,000 have died. Of the cases of infection, at least 148,500 are considered cured.

After appearing in China in December, the outbreak spread worldwide, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic situation.

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