Florida Gov. DeSantis says his plans to bring sporting events to the state are for TV viewers at home — and at least through May, there will be no fans in attendance.
New York expanding testing to health care workers, first responders, other essential employeesNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that the state is expanding its testing criteria for the coronavirus to include health care workers, first responders and other essential, frontline employees"who are risking their health to get us through this crisis."
The governor said in his daily press briefing that the state is doing about 20,000 coronavirus tests daily and expects to double that capacity with help from the federal government.to allow more than 5,000 independent pharmacies in the state to collect samples that could be sent to laboratories for testing.News of the testing criteria expansion comes as the state saw a slight uptick in reported deaths to 437 on Friday, compared to 422 the day before.
"Our efforts are working, but we must keep it up if we want the curve to decline faster," Cuomo said.Detroit health care worker dies after being denied coronavirus test 4 times, daughter saysBut Gatewood, a phlebotomist for three decades, will never celebrate that milestone. She died April 17 from symptoms related to the coronavirus.
Her daughter said that prior to her mother's death she was denied a coronavirus test four times by her employer, Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills. "They said she wasn't severe enough and that they weren't going to test her," said Kaila Corrothers, Gatewood's only child."They told her to just go home and rest."
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