Governor Cuomo urged the President, ‘NY needs 30,000 ventilators’ as the virus is spreading rapidly

by Grace Writer March 25, 2020 1 Comment

Last updated on February 23rd, 2023 at 11:10 am

On Tuesday, the New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asked President Trump for more ventilators, alerting that coronavirus could hit the state and reach its peak in 14 days.

Cuomo said at a press conference on Tuesday, “There is no other path for us to get these ventilators,” “We’ve have tried everything. The only way that we can get theses ventilators is by the federal government. That is all.”

The state needs around 30,000 of the ventilators to take care of the influx of coronavirus patients, which is expected to reach its peak in New York in about fourteen days. Up until this point, the state has 7,000; however, it has recently received 400 from the government, Cuomo expressed.

The infection is spreading rapidly in New York, with the case tally multiplying at a fast pace. There are 25,000 cases in New York. Cuomo said that he needs more ventilators quickly as it prepares for the worst-case scenario. Sooner than initial projections had assessed, he included.

Many other governors have likewise begged Trump for more ventilators from the national reserve of clinical supplies. There are around 12,700 ventilators in reserve. However, Cuomo stated concerns that the administration has just sent 400 to New York.

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Cuomo stated angrily at a press meet on Tuesday, “You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die since you just sent 400 ventilators.” “What am I going to do with 400 ventilators when I require 30,000?”.

In a Tuesday meeting on Fox News, Mike Pence said that the national government is planning to send 4,000 to New York in the following two days.

There is a short supply of ventilators in the U.S. and all around the globe as the coronavirus pandemic increases. Since the coronavirus attacks the lungs, the machines are vital to helping critical patients fight the disease.

The Governor said in a press meet that the new projection recommends that we need around one hundred and forty thousand beds in hospitals. We haven’t flattened the curve; it’s increasing.”