New York is converting anesthesia machines to ventilators for coronavirus patients in an attempt to make up for the impending shortage of the life-saving devices, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. The state has become the the epicenter of the US epidemic of COVID-19, with more than 37,258 people who have tested positive for the virus. … Read more
The streets are so dead now you can hear the ambulance sirens from a long way off. And you hear them more and more. Yesterday, one came for an old lady at the end of my block, a squad of masked medics milling around the stretcher as she was wheeled into an ambulance and away … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that new evidence suggests social distancing is ‘working’ in slowing down coronavirus, with the rate of hospitalizations slowing every day this week, but that we were ‘still on our way up the mountain’. There are now 30,000 cases of coronavirus in the state of New York, including … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that new evidence suggests social distancing is ‘working’ in slowing down coronavirus, with the rate of hospitalizations slowing every day this week, but that we were ‘still on our way up the mountain’. There are now 30,000 cases of coronavirus in the state of New York, including … Read more
A makeshift morgue has been set up outside a Manhattan hospital in a bid to handle any possible surge in coronavirus victims as the New York City death roll rose to 192. Armed military personnel, NYPD and NYC Medical Examiner’s Office employees were spotted outside Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital on Wednesday as crew members erected huge white tents … Read more
New York is ‘pursuing’ testing residents’ blood for coronavirus antibodies, which indicate that they have had, recovered from and become immune to the virus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. Researchers at Mt Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine announced Monday that they had developed the first so-called serologic test for COVID-19 in the US, and … Read more
New York hospitals are treating coronavirus patients with high dosages of VITAMIN C after promising results from China Dr Andrew Weber shared that he has been immediately giving his intensive-care patients 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C The Long Island based pulmonologist and critical-care specialist with Northwell Health shared that patients are given three to … Read more
White House officials said Tuesday that anyone who has recently been to New York should self quarantine for 14 days. Dr Deborah Birx, the response coordinator for the White House task force, warned that people leaving the hardest hit area of the United States might not be sick, but could have been exposed to the virus. … Read more
New York City’s streets continue to be an eerie and disturbing sight, empty of tourists and residents as locals shutter themselves indoors to avoid the coronavirus outbreak. The Big Apple’s subway system that usually shuttles millions of commuters a day is now desolate, with the few passengers who brave the journey wearing protective face masks … Read more
NYC Health have released a hilarious new memo detailing the do’s and don’ts of having sex during the coronavirus pandemic. And their top piece of advice is to take matters into one’s own hands while in lockdown – and to avoid orgies. The NYC Department of Health issued a two-page memo Saturday listing its advice on … Read more