Day: November 25, 2020

Michael_Novakhov shared this story from CBS New York. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) The bodies of hundreds of people who died from COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic remain unclaimed by their families. The citys morgue could not hold them all. About 650 bodies lie inside freezer trailers on Pier 39 in Sunset Park, […]

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Michael_Novakhov shared this story from News | Mail Online. New York City‘s COVID-19 checkpoints are back with police out ‘in force’ at bridges, crossings and bus stations to question Thanksgiving travelers from out of state.  Sheriff Joseph Fucito announced the measures in a joint press conference with Mayor Bill de Blasio Tuesday.  Fucito said: ‘Sheriff […]

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Michael_Novakhov shared this story . New York City will soon assemble an army of more than 1,000 disease detectives to trace the contacts of every person who tests positive for the coronavirus, an approach seen as crucial to quelling the outbreak and paving the way to reopen the hobbled city. But that effort will not […]

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Michael_Novakhov shared this story . In Arizonas most populated region, the coronavirus is so ubiquitous that contact tracers have been unable to reach a fraction of those infected. In Austin, Texas, the story is much the same. Just as it is in North Carolina, where the states health secretary recently told state lawmakers that its […]

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