Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York needs tens of thousands of ventilators to respond to the escalating coronavirus pandemic. President Trump doesn’t believe him.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York says his state needs tens of thousands of ventilators to respond to the escalating coronavirus pandemic.Speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News on Thursday night, Trump again minimized the impact of the infectious outbreak in the United States, casting doubt on the need for so many of the respiratory devices in hospitals treating the disease.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said earlier on Thursday she was told that New York had enough ventilators to meet current needs. While there may be shortages in urban areas like New York City, Birx said, there are other parts of the state “that have lots of ventilators and other parts of New York state that don‘t have any infections right now.“
On Thursday, Cuomo said the state had begun converting several thousand anesthesia machines into ventilators and approved the "splitting" of ventilators between two patients — a practice the governor said was "not ideal, but we believe it's workable." The governor said New York is currently in possession of 12,000 ventilators, and he did not know when the state would reach peak demand.Cuomo's comments appeared to anger top Trump officials, notably White House adviser Peter Navarro, who told Fox News on Thursday, "Just a day or so ago when he was talking about not getting the ventilators he needed, that morning FEMA had sent 2,000 additional ventilators. That afternoon there were 2,000 additional ventilators sent.
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