Covid-19: disaster declared in New York as fears grow over lack of ventilatorsNew York is preparing to ration its ventilators for sick coronavirus patients as a major disaster was declared in the city as it struggles to cope with the deadly outbreak. Cuomo added that New York is doing more tests than China or South Korea, calling the 45,000 tests to date a “great accomplishment.”The announcement came as New York state recorded 10,000 infections. New York state has about 6,000 intensive care unit ventilators, and state health officials fear the pandemic will overwhelm the roughly 3,000 ICU beds available. Read more“It’s ventilators, ventilators, ventilators. But we need ventilators, and anyone who has them now please call the New York state department of health,” he said.

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2020 13:10 UTC