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- ABC News
- April 3, 2020
COVID-19: NYC, LA residents told to cover faces
Worldwide, more than 53,000 people have died from COVID-19.
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In New Jersey, over 25,000 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and 537 of them have died.
The FDA is loosening restrictions that have blocked men who have sex with men from donating blood within 12 months of their last sexual encounter, citing concerns dating back to the 1980’s about the transmission for HIV or AIDS through the blood supply.
The new restrictions will be to defer men from donating if they have had sex with another man within the last 3 months.
The FDA's change follows urging from gay rights activists and Democratic senators who cited the recent blood shortages caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic as a catalyst for change.
The FDA says the change will be only during the COVID-19 emergency and they will consider making it permanent when the pandemic response is over.
The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, initially set for July 13, has been pushed back to Aug. 17 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to senior convention and party officials.
\"Ultimately, the health and safety of our convention attendees and the people of Milwaukee is our top priority,\" said DNC Chair Tom Perez. \"And we will continue to be in contact with local, state, and federal health officials as we monitor this fluid situation.\"
New York City -- the U.S. city hit hardest by the pandemic -- has over 51,000 people who have tested positive for COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.
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New York state has 92,000 diagnosed cases. Of those, 13,000 are hospitalized, including 3,396 patients in intensive care units, Cuomo said.
Over 7,000 people have been discharged from hospitals in the state.
New York state now has lost 2,373 lives, Cuomo said.
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At the current rate of use, New York has enough ventilators in the stockpile to last six days, the governor said.
\"If a person comes in and needs a ventilator and if you don't have a ventilator, the person dies. That's the blunt equation here,\" Cuomo said.
If faced with a ventilator shortage, Cuomo said BIPAP machines will be converted to ventilators, ventilators can be split for two patients and ventilators can be relocated from hospitals where they're not needed.
The apex in New York will depend on social distancing, Cuomo said. Depending on the model, the apex could be anywhere from 7 to 30 days away, he said.
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The governor said 21,000 health care workers from out of state have volunteered to come help staff New York hospitals.
\"New Yorkers will return the favor,\" Cuomo vowed. \"When your community needs help, New Yorkers will be there. And you have my personal word on that.\"
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A 100-year-old is among 15 people charged for attending a funeral in Lakewood, New Jersey, in violation of the governor's executive order banning large gatherings.
About 60 to 70 people had gathered for the Wednesday funeral, and when officers tried to disperse the crowd, some \"became unruly and argumentative,\" according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and the Lakewood Township Police.
The 15 people -- including the 100-year-old -- were charged with Violating Any Rule or Regulation Adopted by the Governor During a State of Emergency.
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FEMA has requested that the Defense Department make 100,000 body bags available to help state health agencies with mortuary affairs, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed to ABC News.
The request comes as the White House revealed this week that as many as 200,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus.
Bloomberg, which was first to report on FEMA's request, said the Department of Defense will initially draw from its stockpile of 50,000 bags before having to purchase more.
One new positive case of COVID-19 has been reported in Vatican City, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement Thursday that a Holy See employee has tested positive for the coronavirus. The employee has been in isolation since mid-March, after his wife contracted the virus from an Italian hospital where she works, according to Bruni.
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This brings the total number of positive cases in the Vatican to seven. The city-state is surrounded by Rome.
\"On this occasion it is useful to clarify that, like all institutions, the various entities and departments of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State continue only in essential, mandatory and indifferent activities,\" Bruni said, \"clearly adopting to the maximum extent possible the appropriate measures that have already been communicated, which include remote work and shift criteria, in order to safeguard staff health.\"
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Department of Health have reached a conditional agreement with Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise line, on an entry plan for two ships carrying dozens of people with flu-like symptoms.
The commissioner of Florida's Broward County, Michael Udine, said via Twitter on Thursday morning that Carnival's plan is still subject to approval from Broward County, where the ships would dock. Until then, the pair of vessels will remain outside U.S. waters.
It's unclear how many passengers would be allowed to disembark.
Unified Command conferenced last night and reached cond. approval of Carnival’s Plan, subject to approval between Broward and Carnival. Final document will be released this morning. As of now, ships remain outside US Waters. Look forward to seeing a SAFE plan for all to resolve
— Michael Udine (@Michaeludine) April 2, 2020
Both cruise ships -- the MS Zaandam and the MS Rotterdam -- are operated by Holland America Line, a subsidiary of Carnival.
Since March 22, a total of 97 guests and 136 crew on board have presented influenza-like symptoms, while at least nine people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Four people on board have died, according to Holland America Line.
A record-smashing 6,648,000 people filed for unemployment in the United States in the week ending March 28 amid the coronavirus crisis, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday.
Thousands of businesses across the country have been forced to close due to government-mandated stay-at-home orders.
Spain has again reported the highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
The Spanish Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded 950 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 10,003 -- a nearly 10.5% jump. It's the largest one-day, in-country increase of fatalities so far, surpassing the record set by Spain last week.
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The Spanish health ministry also recorded 8,100 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide tally to 110,238 -- a nearly 8% increase.
Spain has one of the highest nationwide death tolls from COVID-19 in the world, second only to Italy. Spain also has the third-highest national tally of diagnosed cases, behind Italy and the United States.
A private jet owned by the New England Patriots professional football team carrying much-needed medical supplies from China will land in Boston on Thursday, according to Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.
Patriots CEO Robert Kraft coordinated with officials to send the National Football League team's plane to pick up personal protective equipment that Massachusetts had bought from China. The U.S. state has purchased over a million N95 masks, and the ones arriving Thursday at Boston's Logan International Airport represent a partial shipment, according to the governor.
No days off. Thanks to some serious teamwork, Massachusetts is set to receive over 1 million N95 masks for our front-line workers. Huge thanks to the Krafts and several dedicated partners for making this happen. pic.twitter.com/ieV6XMC5Ow
— Charlie Baker (@MassGovernor) April 2, 2020
\"As I said before, ordering vital equipment like this is only one part of the challenge and I am incredibly grateful that the Krafts worked this issue relentlessly alongside our Command Center staff to get these critical supplies to Massachusetts,\" Baker said in a statement Thursday. \"The Krafts, our partners Ambassador Huang Ping, Dr. Jason Li, Gene Hartigan and our COVID-19 Command Center personnel teamed up to get this job done and we eagerly await the plane landing at Logan Airport soon. Our administration will keep pursuing the PPE necessary to support our brave front-line workers who are working tirelessly to save lives during this pandemic.\"
A planeload of medical supplies from China has landed in the United States.
The cargo plane touched down early Thursday at Rickenbacker International Airport near Columbus, Ohio.
\"The shipment includes supplies from Shanghai, connecting the global market with local medical distributors,\" airport officials told ABC News.
The relief shipment, coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, contains masks, gowns, ventilators and other supplies, all of which will go to medical distributors \"in areas of greatest need,\" officials said.
The head of the World Health Organization's regional office in Europe said Thursday data shows that more than 95% of people who have died from the novel coronavirus on the continent were over the age of 60.
More than half of them were older than 80, Dr. Hans Kluge said.
Still, he warned that age is not the only risk factor. About 10% to 15% of people under 50 who are diagnosed with COVID-19 have moderate or severe symptoms, according to the WHO, the global health arm of the United Nations.
\"The very notion that COVID-19 only affects older people is factually wrong,\" Kluge said during an online press conference Thursday in Copenhagen. \"Young people are not invincible.\"
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More than four in five of those who have died in Europe had at least one other chronic underlying conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes or hypertension.
\"On a positive note,\" Kluge added, \"there are reports of people over the age of 100 who were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 and have now since made a complete recovery.\"
The U.S. government has ramped up security for Dr. Anthony Fauci, as the nation’s top medical expert on the coronavirus pandemic faces threats to his personal safety.
Upon recommendation of the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Department of Justice in recent days approved a special deputization request from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for more than half a dozen special agents to provide protective services to Fauci, a Justice Department official told ABC News.
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Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is a member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force and has played a significant role in the government's response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Washington Post first reported the threats to Fauci and the increased security.
When asked during Wednesday's White House press briefing whether he and the task force coordinator had received any threats or if they had been given a security detail, Fauci said he was not able to answer and referred the reporter's question to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Trump quickly chimed in, saying, \"He doesn't need security, everybody loves him.\"
ABC News' Gio Benitez, Clark Bentson, Stephanie Ebbs, Will Gretsky, Aicha El Hammar, Ahmad Hemingway, Kendall Karson, Elizabeth Mclaughlin, Terrance Smith, Pierre Thomas, Catherine Thorbecke and J Gabriel Ware contributed to this report.
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