'We're gonna know people who get afflicted.' Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks to mattgutmanabc about why his city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is personal 'for all of us.'
7:22 p.m.: NYC death toll surpasses 1,000
President Donald Trump walks past Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as the president arrives for the daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington, March 31, 2020. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Americans should be prepared for deaths as high as 100,000.
The governor said only medical supply ships should be allowed to use those ports. As of Tuesday afternoon, Florida had 6,338 confirmed cases and 77 deaths,DeSantis said he isn’t considering a statewide stay-at-home order and would defer the call to local counties. He has ordered a self-quarantine mandate for visitors coming from the New York tristate area.
Employers now must sanitize and stock all bathrooms, put sanitizers at the front of stores, clean stores, clean carts between use, require employees to wash their hands every 30 minutes, provide access to testing and support employees so they can address family needs.State Rep. Denise Marcelle wears a mask as legislators convene in a limited number while exercising social distancing, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., March 31, 2020.
The New Orleans area is expected to exceed ventilator capacity as early as April 4, and run out of hospital beds by April 7, the governor said. The governor said there's no evidence the state has started to"flatten the curve" and the stay-at-home order will be extended until at least April 30.French President Emmanuel Macron wears a protective suit and face mask as he visits the Kolmi-Hopen protective face masks factory in Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou near Angers, central France, March 31, 2020.
The death toll is likely to spike further as the number of fatalities and diagnosed cases does not yet include data from nursing homes, according to Salomon. Thanks to FEMA, 250 ambulances are being sent from across the country to New York City to help alleviate the strain on the EMS system, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. At least 135 of those ambulances have already arrived.
"I am tired of being behind this virus. We've been behind this virus from day one," Cuomo said, stressing that the main battle will be at the"apex" of the curve -- which has not yet been reached. A "Thank You" sign for first responders decorates a fence across the street from Elmhurst Hospital in the Borough of Queens, New York, March 31, 2020.To the public, the governor stressed,"everyone is subject to this virus. It is the great equalizer. I don't care how smart, how rich, how powerful you think you are."
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