Trump Says Cuomo’s Projections for New York Outbreak Are High
Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on March 27.
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President Donald Trump questioned whether New York will need as many ventilators as its governor, Andrew Cuomo, is seeking to treat coronavirus patients, saying Cuomo’s projections could be “extremely high.”
Cuomo said Friday New York may need as many as 30,000 to 40,000 of the medical devices to treat coronavirus patients in critical condition. The state is the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak, the largest of any country in the world according to public reporting.