Coronavirus Update: Search Continues For More COVID-19 Hospital Supplies
The rapid rise in coronavirus cases has created a dire situation for many industries and organizations across the city.
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The rapid rise in coronavirus cases has created a dire situation for many industries and organizations across the city.
New York has reached a grim milestone in its battle against the coronavirus.
"It is frustrating when I hear anyone say this does not discriminate because it erases the racially disparate impact of the coronavirus outbreak," Councilman Ritchie Torres said.
With businesses closing, unemployment skyrocketing and everyone home right now, experts say it's a recipe for abuse to intensify.
Experts say failing to enable security features not only opens you up to online trolls, important information can be stolen from your business meetings.
The supplies included 192,000 N95 masks, 130,000 surgical masks and nearly 600,000 gloves.
Part of that staff at NYU includes medical students who graduated early and headed straight for the front lines of the pandemic.
Police were called in but didn't arrest anyone.
Nursing home workers have been reusing a lot of their supplies, and in some cases, they're getting creative, using household items like garbage bags as gowns.
New York City health officials now say people should cover their faces whenever they leave their homes to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Delivery workers are among those putting themselves in danger to make sure people are still getting food and supplies during the isolation of the coronavirus outbreak.
With one out of every six New York City police officers out sick or in quarantine, those still healthy are making sacrifices, including a dedicated Staten Island detective living apart from his cancer-stricken wife and kids so he won't infect them.
The tools of the trade for Dominican Father John Devaney now include a face mask and a forehead thermometer. The pandemic dominates his work at local hospitals.
The first system that can disinfect thousands of N95 masks in a matter of hours has been deployed on Long Island.
Monday through Friday, adults and children can pick up three meals at a time and no adult will be turned away.
