New York mayor Bill deBlasio today declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic in the city of New York. The state has already been under a state of emergency.
Mayor deBlasio said there are 95 confirmed coronavirus cases, and 42 new ones just since yesterday — testing has been severely limited, so the presumed number of actual cases is much higher.
"It is time now to declare a state of emergency in New York City," the mayor said, shortly after 4:00PM Eastern time.
"The last 24 hours have been very very sobering."
"We know this will have a serious impact on a number of businesses," concerts, and sporting events, he said in a live address. It's "gonna be a hole in our lives… but it's something we have to do."
Mayor de Blasio declares state of emergency in New York City in response to Coronavirus [I'll update with what that means exactly]
His tone has changed considerably since even this morning
— Yoav Gonen (@yoavgonen) March 12, 2020
NYC: State Of Emergency declared pic.twitter.com/ruy8sCmLk1
— Alexa Farrell (@AlexaNFarrell) March 12, 2020
"It is time now to declare a state of emergency in New York City," @NYCMayor says about #CoronavirusOutbreak pic.twitter.com/FdsvHpJp8U
— Jeff Mays (@JeffCMays) March 12, 2020
BREAKING: @NYCMayor declares a state of emergency in NYC due to #COVIDー19 outbreak. pic.twitter.com/J8cd3VR350
— Myles Miller (@MylesMill) March 12, 2020
.@nycmayor has just signed a state of emergency order for New York City pic.twitter.com/7rdOPumHSU
— katie honan (@katie_honan) March 12, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio has just declared a State of Emergency in New York City due to Coronavirus.
No gatherings of any sort may exceed 500 people.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 12, 2020
BREAKING: New York City has declared a state of emergency for coronavirus outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio said: "The last 24-hours have been very very sobering."
— Pervaiz Shallwani (@Pervaizistan) March 12, 2020
BREAKING: A state of emergency has been declared in New York City, per Mayor Bill de Blasio. https://t.co/48HCEQI8xQ
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 12, 2020
New York City Mayor de Blasio declares state of emergency to fight #coronavirus outbreak. Live updates: https://t.co/SQBum8hOcY pic.twitter.com/tB68uMjTIJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 12, 2020
BREAKING: "It is time now to declare a state of emergency in New York City" – @NYCMayor #CoronavirusPandemic
— Julia Marsh (@juliakmarsh) March 12, 2020
