Gov. Cuomo says Bloomberg will fund a $10 million tri-state area contact tracing network with Johns Hopkins

With New York State strapped for cash, the former New York City mayor and Johns Hopkins are stepping into the breach to ramp up testing and tracing.

During the governor's Wednesday morning daily coronavirus press briefing, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Michael Bloomberg will be stepping in to spend $10 million of his own money to form a COVID-19 testing and contact tracing network in conjunction with his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University.

The network will focus on the tri-state area — New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — surrounding New York City, Cuomo said. Bloomberg will work with New York State and Hopkins to form what Cuomo described as an"army" of workers to go through the contacts of anyone who tests positive in addition to identifying and isolating those carrying the virus.Its current budget deficit of $6 billion could very well end up exceeding $10 billion, Cuomo and New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli have cautioned.

New York has already spent around $2.8 billion combatting the coronavirus, according to Budget Director Robert Mujica.

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