Acrossthestate, thecity's JavitsCentertransformedinto a medicalfacilityreadyMondaywith 3000 bedstoreceivepatientsnotsufferingfromthevirusrelievinghospitals.
GovernorAndrewCuomosaidtherateofhospitalizationinthestateisslowing, butwarnsthevirusmaynotpeekforanothertwoweeks, tellingallnonessentialworkerstostayhomefor a least 14 moredays.
DrAnthonyFauci, thenation's topinfectiousdiseaseexpert, sayingthe U.
S.
Couldseeatleast a 1,000,000 casesandpotentiallyasmanyas 200,000 deaths.
Thenumber I gaveoutis, youknow, basedonmodeling.
Um, and I thinkit's entirelyconceivablethatifwedonotmitigatetotheextentthatwe'retryingtodothat, youcouldreachthatnumber.
Thepresident, afterconsidering a quarantineofNewYork, NewJerseyandConnecticut, tweeteditwon't benecessary.
Instead, theCDCissuing a traveladvisorytoresidentsofthetristateareaandotherstatesnowimplementingstricttwomeasurestostopthespread.
Texasannounced a mandatorytwoweeksselfquarantinefortravelersfromseverallocationsandinFlorida, longlinesoftrafficascheckpointsareusedtoenforcequarantinesforanyonetravelingfromvirushotzones.
What I wantedtobeveryclearoniseverymetroareashouldassumethattheycouldhaveanoutbreakequivalenttoNewYorkanddoeverythingrightnowtopreventitiftheymitigatenow, beforetheystartseeingcasesintheemergencyroomandinthehospital.
Onceyouseethose, thevirushasbeenspreadingfordays.
Twoweeks.
GoodnewsfortestingtheFDAhasauthorized a newCoronavirustestthatcandeliverresultsandaslittleas 15 minutes.