- New York state continues to see a decline in the number of hospitalizations from the coronavirus and deaths from infections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said
- Cuomo called on the federal government to help New York labs acquire chemical reagents needed to perform coronavirus tests.
- Cuomo said that reopening state businesses and other public spaces will require a larger number of coronavirus testing than are now being performed
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gives his a press briefing about the coronavirus crisis on April 17, 2020 in Albany, New York.Matthew Cavanaugh | Getty Images
New York state continues to see a decline in the number of hospitalizations from the coronavirus and deaths from infections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
But in noting for the need to signficantly expand testing for Covid-19 in the state, Cuomo during a press conference called on the federal government to help New York labs acquire chemical reagents needed to perform those tests.
Cuomo said that reopening state businesses and other public spaces will require a larger number of coronavirus testing than are now being performed, in order to make sure that the virus is not spreading at an excessively high rate.
The lack of sufficient supplies of reagents has been cited by labs in the state as the main reason that they are not performing the number of tests that they are now capable of doing with their existing testing machines.
New York is the epicenter of the coranavirus outbreak in the United States.
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