Kennedys hold online service for missing family members
Robert Kennedy Jr. said the service was attended by "Kennedy / Shriver / Lawford / McKelvey/ Allen / Schlossberg/ Schwarzenegger / Cuomo cousins."
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Robert Kennedy Jr. said the service was attended by "Kennedy / Shriver / Lawford / McKelvey/ Allen / Schlossberg/ Schwarzenegger / Cuomo cousins."
"Every state in America is united in the fight to save the lives of our people," Governor Jay Inslee said.
Governor Cuomo said New York may be seeing a glimmer of hope that the spread of COVID-19 is slowing.
More than 3,500 people have died in New York due to COVID-19.
"New York is in crisis. Help New York," Governor Cuomo pleaded.
More than 92,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state.
"I love you, everybody loves you, this is going to be fine," the governor told his little brother.
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo announced this week he tested positive for COVID-19.
More than 75,000 people in New York state have been infected with COVID-19.
USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, arrived in New York City on Monday.
"In no hospital in New York will a woman be forced to be alone when she gives birth. Not now, not ever," Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted Saturday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo said the Javits Center in Manhattan is being transformed into a hospital with 1,000 beds.
The present pandemic is not the first time in our history that the nation's governors have stepped up to offer guidance, action and straight talk
New York state has the most cases of coronavirus in the country.
New York is the hardest-hit state in the nation, with over 52,000 reported cases of the total 110,000 confirmed cases in the country as of Saturday.
He has repeatedly stressed a need for more hospital beds and ventilators to treat an expected rising number of patients.
With the U.S. reporting more cases than any other nation, American hospitals are facing a daunting challenge.
New York is the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
There are more than 85,000 cases across the U.S. and almost 1,300 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The current framework of laws reaffirms that governors and states hold the main levers of control during disasters, according to CBS News legal analyst Jonathan Turley.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said that a 17-year-old is now among the dead.
"The congressional action, in my opinion, simply failed to address the governmental need," Cuomo said.
The number of COVID-19 infections worldwide climbed to almost 471,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The news comes as many health care professionals say they are "scared" to go to work, not just for their own safety, but the safety of family members they could potentially infect.
"We're still on the way up the mountain," Governor Andrew Cuomo said.