(Dan Tri) – Of the more than 85,500 Covid-19 cases as of March 26 in the US, about half were recorded in New York, nearly 10 times higher than in other states.
People wait to be tested for Covid-19 outside Elmhurst hospital in Queens, New York.
High population density
The first and most obvious reason to explain the terrible outbreak in New York is because this is the largest and most densely populated city in the US.
“Spatial congestion makes us vulnerable,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on March 25.
The average population density in New York City is twice that of Chicago and Philadelphia, and three times that of Los Angeles.
Throughout the day, New Yorkers flock to the subway, face to face on the sidewalks, and crowd into bars and restaurants.
“We are used to crowds.
With more than 8 million people, New York is also the largest city in the US.
Dr. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN medical analyst and professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, said that New York still leads the country in the number of Covid-19 cases right now.
High testing rate
Another reason why New York has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the US is because the state is still increasing testing for Covid-19.
The US has been `slower` than other countries in testing suspected cases.
Meanwhile, New York has quickly promoted testing at hospitals, laboratories and driver testing centers, which have been set up in most populated areas.
The New York Times quoted the comments of Jon Zelner, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, saying that New York has tested more `aggressively` than many other areas in the US and the high number of cases in this state is a result of this.
Governor Cuomo said more than 100,000 people have been tested for coronavirus in New York.
“We are hunting for people who are positive (for Covid-19).
According to medical experts, large-scale testing can lead to worrying numbers, but this is an important measure to curb the spread of the virus.
Slow response
Employees set up a temporary morgue behind a hospital in Manhattan, New York.
Both Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio were slow to aggressively close schools, stop events, and ban large gatherings in the early days of the outbreak.
New York had its first case of infection spreading to the community on March 2 in New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City.
Mr. Cuomo and de Blasio have limited gatherings of more than 500 people since March 12, but the two leaders still do not take strong measures to avoid disrupting people’s lives.
“We quickly issued guidance on the need to reduce crowds and spectators, but still maintain certain activities,” Mayor de Blasio said at the time of the outbreak.
However, when the number of infections began to increase rapidly, New York officials changed direction.
Although the epidemic broke out as early as New York, California has been very drastic in implementing measures to limit public activities.
Because Covid-19 spreads very quickly, just a few days’ delay in controlling the epidemic could lead to different results.
“It is important to isolate and separate early because then the virus will have more difficulty spreading from person to person.
Travel destinations
New York ordered the construction of field morgues
New York is a famous tourist destination worldwide and attracts the most tourists in the US.
“We have international tourists, people who have been to China, Italy, Korea.
President Donald Trump has issued a series of travel bans to control the spread of the disease.
According to Aljazeera, the peak of the Covid-19 epidemic in the US will occur in the next 2-3 weeks.
According to Newsweek, although the New York City morgue with a capacity of 800-900 bodies is not currently overloaded, New York authorities still set up tents and trucks to make a field morgue outside the hospital.
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