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New York a déclaré l’état d’urgence, samedi 7 mars, pour faire face à l’épidémie, qui y touche désormais 76 personnes, dont dix sont hospitalisées.">
After California, on the west coast, cases continue to increase on the east coast of the United States. While Florida announced its first two deaths, New York declared a state of emergency on Saturday March 7 to deal with the epidemic, which now affects 76 people, ten of whom are hospitalized.
With our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki
For the governor of New York, it was imperative to give himself the means to fight effectively versus the spread of the coronavirus. Andrew Cuomo has indeed declared a state of emergency in order to be able to release more money and recruit additional medical staff.
Don’t panic
Facing the press on Saturday March 7, he warned those who would try to take advantage of the situation: ” I want businesses to be aware of one thing. You can lose your license if you increase your prices. This is very serious, because we are in an emergency situation and you are exploiting the public ».
The governor of New York also called for not giving in to panic, as images of robbed supermarkets in California have been around the media for several days.
California now has the most cases of infection on American soil. Vessel Grand Princess, of which 21 of its 3,533 passengers have tested positive, hitherto kept off San Francisco, has been cleared into the Port of Oakland. ” Passengers resident in California will travel to a federal center for testing, while non-Californians will be referred to federal facilities in other states », Indicated the company Princess Cruises. The crew will be quarantined and treated on board the boat, the company added.
To date, the United States has more than 430 cases and has recorded 19 deaths.
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