Name: New York Officials Update On First Confirmed Coronavirus Case In State | NBC News (Live Stream)
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123 Mic, check. 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:0.150  Mic check. 00:03:1.040 --> 00:03:2.910  March 2nd, 2020. 00:03:2.920 --> 00:03:4.950  Press conference might check my check. 00:03:5.840 --> 00:03:6.400  Testing. 00:03:6.400 --> 00:03:8.510  123 Can I get a thumbs up? 00:03:8.510 --> 00:03:9.350  Everyone's okay. 00:03:9.740 --> 00:03:10.450  Thank you.

Thank you all for being here. 00:03:53.710 --> 00:04:0.790  First introduce who's here and then I'll make some opening comments and then I'll turn it over to Mayor de Blasio. 00:04:0.880 --> 00:04:2.450  My far right. 00:04:3.240 --> 00:04:3.550  Dr. 00:04:3.550 --> 00:04:8.510  Ken Davis from President, CEO of Mount Sinai Health Systems. 00:04:9.340 --> 00:04:9.700  Dr. 00:04:9.700 --> 00:04:14.180  David Wright from a Mount Sinai hospital systems.

Also Ken Rasky, who is the president CEO of the Greater New York Hospital Association.

Our state Health Commissioner, Dr Zucker, This gentleman, you know, be grouse who is the president of the Health Association of New York State.

Dr Steve Corwin, who is the president of New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Joe Loda, executive vice president from N Y u Langone Medical Center.

But one time he had a really important job, but yeah, and we have Dr Bob Oh, Commissioner of New York City Health Department. 00:04:57.540 --> 00:05:7.490  Um, the first we're going to speak about the situation reported last night with a person who tested positive for the Corona virus. 00:05:9.230 --> 00:05:15.190  Uh, that that woman is a health care worker, was 39 years old.

She had been working in Iran and came back on Tuesday to New York.

She did not take any public transportation, a CZ.

She was very aware of this situation and the potential for this situation.

We don't believe that she was contagious when she was on the plane or when she took a private car from the airport to her residence. 00:05:48.740 --> 00:06:8.840  But out of an abundance of caution, we will be contacting the people who were on the flight with her, from Iran to New York and the driver of that car service, and we'll be contacting them and following up with them a CZ. 00:06:8.840 --> 00:06:10.350  The fax dictate.

The health care worker also was with her spouse.

He was also a health care worker, so they were both aware of the situation.

Her husband is being tested also, but we are assuming that he would be positive given the circumstances, and he has been following the same protocols that she has been following.

The testing was done at Mount Sinai again.

Since they were healthcare workers, they contacted Mt.

Before that, they were coming in, and they took all precautions necessary.

She, the health care worker, has manifested some respiratory illnesses, but her condition is mild, so she's at home and she's not even hospitalized.

Even though she has tested positive for the virus, her spouse is with her.

In general, there is no doubt that there will be mawr cases where we find people who test positive.

We said early on, it wasn't a question of if, but when.

This is New York, where gateway to the world.

You see all these cases around the world around the country.

And that's why the whole challenge is about containment off the number of people who become exposed on who become infected. 00:07:55.840 --> 00:08:2.550  Our challenge now is to test as many people as you can. 00:08:2.990 --> 00:08:12.150  You're not going to eliminate the spread, but you can limit the spread, and testing is very important on that's why the C.

The federal government's now allowing us to test is a very big deal on will make it have a dramatic effect on how quickly we can mobilize and respond.

We are coordinating with private hospitals, private labs around the state.

We want to get our testing capacity as high as possible.

I said to the people around this table that I would like to have a goal off 1000 tests per day capacity within one week, because again, the more testing the better. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:09:1.050  Once you can test and find a person who is positive, then you can isolate that person so they don't infect additional people. 00:09:1.840 --> 00:09:12.790  Uh, will be moving a piece of emergency legislation on the state's side that will authorize an additional $40 million for additional staff additional equipment.

I want to make sure that the health care system has everything it needs.

We're going to be instituting new cleaning protocols in our schools, on public transportation, et cetera, where they will use a disinfectant.

Many will use bleach, which is a good protocol in the flu season.

Anyway, eso people smell it smells like bleach it when you get on a bus or when a child goes to school.

It is bleach, uh, and again we're gonna be focusing on our facilities that treat our senior citizens debilitated people or immune compromised people, because those are the people who are most likely most affected by, uh, this virus.

My last point is this, uh late last night, my daughter called me and I could hear in her voice that she was anxious.

She had seen on the news that a person tested positive on and my daughter said, You know, what's this?

And I could hear in her voice she was nervous on and my daughter said, Don't tell me to relax.

Tell me why I should be relaxed, which is a very big difference.

There s o. 00:10:48.780 --> 00:11:2.350  I want to make sure I tell the people of New York what I told my daughter in this situation, the fax defeat fear because the real reality is reassured. 00:11:3.200 --> 00:11:4.950  It is deep breath time. 00:11:5.540 --> 00:11:14.420  This First of all, this is not our first rodeo with this type of situation in New York 1968 we had the Hong Kong flu 2009.

We had the swine flu where we actually closed like 100 schools in New York state.

Avian flu, Ebola, SARS MERS measles, right?

When you look at the reality here, about 80% of the people who are infected with the Corona virus self resolved.

The symptoms are similar to what you would have with the normal flow.

And for most people, they treat themselves over 80% and the virus resolves that way. 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:0.190  About 20% get ill. 00:12:1.330 --> 00:12:7.900  The mortality rate is estimated to be about 1.4% 1.4%. 00:12:7.910 --> 00:12:8.650  What does that mean? 00:12:9.200 --> 00:12:17.630  The normal flu mortality rate is about 0.6% and the CDC says 1.4.

But they're extrapolating from what we know from countries around the world.

Again, that is tends to be people who are debilitated senior citizens, many of whom have an underlying illness that tends to be the people who are vulnerable to this good news.

Children do not appear as vulnerable to this virus less vulnerable than to the normal flu, so that is good news. 00:12:57.290 --> 00:13:7.550  But 1.4% that's extrapolating from China and other countries, uh, 80% it'll resolve on their own. 00:13:7.940 --> 00:13:10.970  The woman who was now tested positive.

And the fax, once you know the facts, once you know the reality, it is reassured and we should relax because that's what's dictated by the reality of the situation.

We live with anxiety, But the facts don't back it up here.

Also, we're extrapolating from what happened in China, other countries. 00:13:54.710 --> 00:14:6.120  We have the best health care system in the world here on and excuse our arrogance as New Yorkers. 00:14:6.120 --> 00:14:7.950  I speak for the mayor also in this one. 00:14:8.130 --> 00:14:14.730  We think we have the best health care system on the planet right here in New York.

So, uh, when you're saying what happened in other countries versus what happened here, we don't even think it's going to be as bad as it was in other countries were fully coordinated, were fully mobilized.

This is all about mobilization of a public health system, getting the test, that testing done, getting the information out on, then having the health care resources to treat people who are going to need help again.

That is going to be primarily senior citizens, people who were debilitated.

And we're gonna have a special effort for our nursing homes, et cetera. 00:14:55.970 --> 00:15:1.070  Congregate facilities where senior citizens are being treated. 00:15:1.740 --> 00:15:5.150  Andi, I can't thank our partners enough. 00:15:6.040 --> 00:15:10.750  Um, everybody is doing exactly what we need to do.

From day one, there was a big break when the federal government allowed us to do our own testing because now we are actually in control of the system ourselves on his New Yorkers.

Let me turn it over to the good mayor of the city of New York.

Thank you very much, Governor and Governor.

First of all, Ah, a compliment to your daughter.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

She is asking The tough Socratic question is that I know you're known for and I think it's a really great vignette to use to help everyone understand what's going on and that particularly look, as a parent, I want to say I know parents all over the city have been deeply concerned. 00:15:58.610 --> 00:16:2.390  I really want you to heed the points that the governor just made. 00:16:2.450 --> 00:16:7.350  This is, ah, a disease were learning about the international medical community is learning about. 00:16:7.360 --> 00:16:13.210  But but so far it does not seem to be a disease that focuses on our kids.

In fact, the opposite, but the point have been yet with your daughter.

All New Yorkers should really pay attention to this.

Information is actually showing us things that should give us more reason to stay calm and go about our lives.

Also, if I have one difference with the governor's remarks is that we don't think we have the best health care system in the country.

It's a credit to everyone here, and I want to thank each and every one of you and all the professionals who work with you, and that's what we'll take it in the in the private voluntary hospitals are nonprofit healthcare providers and our public health care system. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:17:7.850  There's literally no parallel on Earth s, so there's a lot of places for New Yorkers to turn for help and I want to emphasize today how important it is to turn for that help to go get that help the second you think you might need it. 00:17:8.340 --> 00:17:16.010  So the fax, in fact, show us this is a situation that can be managed but bluntly.

What has been the advantage here in New York?

We've kind of been the anti China in this sense, has been to say from the beginning, it's coming here.

It's a real thing Everyone get ready for, to be transparent, to be open about it from day one.

And the coordination between the city and state, as is always the case on these issues of health care, has been a consistent and strong from the beginning.

I want thank you and your team governor for that.

So the fact is, we have told New Yorkers from beginning, Get ready.

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