MILITARY help may be needed in New York City as coronavirus cases surge to near 1,000.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed Tuesday night that in the city alone, COVID-19 cases have now reached 923.
As of Tuesday night, there were 923 COVID-19 cases in New York City
De Blasio warned that mass feeding operations may be necessary
‘It’s unbelievable how rapidly this crisis is growing right now,’ NYC Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday
On MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, De Blasio said: “I’m really sorry to tell you this, but the number has gone up literally over a hundred cases in the course of the day.
“We’re at 923 cases at this hour tonight, with 10 people who have passed away.”
“It’s unbelievable how rapidly this crisis is growing right now.”
Shelter in place “has to be considered now,” he urged.
The number of cases jumped from 814 to 923 in just one day.
De Blasio said an intensive federal intervention is needed to provide income replacement.
He added: “What I worry about – when we think about shelter in place – is that we’re going to have to anticipate the possibility that a lot of people will need food brought to them.”
Shelter in place for NYC ‘has to be considered now,’ de Blasio said
The number of Americans who have died from coronavirus in the US has now surpassed 100
He described what’s needed as “something like what we saw in the 1930s… mass feeding operations.”
De Blasio insisted that only the government can make that possible.
“I don’t say that to be apocalyptic, I say that to be practical.
“As we anticipate what it may take to stop the virus, we have to address the massive economic and social dislocation that’s already begun,” he explained.
The military may be called to New York City if citizens are told to shelter in place
Earlier on Tuesday, de Blasio warned citizens to prepare for a shelter-in-place order because a decision would be made within 48 hours.
If the public health order is followed through, the city would be joining San Francisco, which banned residents from leaving their homes except for essentials.
The California city’s order will remain in effect until April 7, 2020 – with the possibility of the date being extended.
Just last week, New York Gov. Cuomo deployed The National Guard to New Rochelle, an area of New York, as more than 1,000 people were under self-quarantine amid an outbreak of the virus.
Sadly, the number of Americans who have died from coronavirus in the US has now surpassed 100 as the number of infected reached over 6,000.
The US reached the grim milestone as health officials continue to constrain the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic.
