“You’ve given reassurances about protective equipment, there will be a lot of skepticism… about another plan being published,” says BBCHughPym “It is a constant effort to get the PPE to the front line,” replies Health Secretary Matt Hancock
Andrew Cuomo opens the briefing by announcing that hospitalisations in New York State are down and change in ICU admissions is a negative number for first time."The bad news is we continue to lose a tremendous number of lives and endure great pain as a state."As someone who searches for solace in all this grief, the levelling off of the number of lives lost is a somewhat hopeful sign.
He said that the number of total lives lost is now 7,844, and compared this to the 2,753 New Yorkers who died during the September 11 terrorist attacks. "I lived through 9/11 as many New Yorkers did. I believed 9/11 was the worst situation I was going to deal with in my lifetime. "In terms of lives lost, that this situation should exceed 9/11 is beyond my capacity to fully appreciate."
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