During his press conference this Sunday, the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, dedicated a congratulation to mothers from all over the city.
At the same time, he called on New Yorkers to be very aware of the rules of social distancing during the festivities of this celebration.
On the other hand, de Blasio issued a message to the federal government in which he requested that the stock of the drug be supplied: remdesivir, which is being administered to Covid-19 patients.
He mentioned that after the FDA authorization of this drug, a trial study was done where patients who received this drug reduced their hospital stay from 15 to 11 days.
He stressed that more than half a million doses of this drug are under federal control and that only 4,000 doses have been provided to the New York City hospital system.
De Blasio also referred to the need to provide health insurance to the families of public servants, since about 260 of these workers have lost their lives in the fight against Covid-19.
As an immediate action and following the request of the Municipal Labor Committee, the city government will extend the medical coverage for the members of these families for an additional 45 days.
Regarding the health alert by the pediatric multiple inflammation syndromeHe added that 38 cases have been detected in the city and 9 are being investigated.
In addition, 47% of the patients tested positive for Covid-19, 81% had antibodies, and one death was reported.
Immediate actions in this regard include having the public hospital system test all children for antibodies and alert parents with children older than one month.
For the aspect of education on social distancing, the number of ambassadors of healthy distance will be increased from 1,000 to 2,300. And together with the associations in the communities, the educational reach on the subject will be increased.
The Mayor also delved into the municipal effort to protect the homeless. He noted that on Friday night 416 people were contacted; of which 183 were sent to shelters and 29 to the hospital. By Saturday, 384 were contacted and 198 accepted the aid: 175 were sent to shelters and 23 to hospitals.
According to the indicators and variables that measure the progress of the city in the battle against the coronavirus. These are the updated figures:
- People admitted to hospitals for suspected contagion of Covid-19: 69 (as of May 7 there were 69).
- Patients in intensive care (ICU) in public hospitals: 540 (as of May 7 there were 559).
- Percentage of people across the city infected with Covid-19 after medical tests: 17% (as of May 7, it was 12%)
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