Gov Cuomo in NY speaking now: Rate of infection doubling every three days in NY. Had projected they would need 110,000 hospital beds. Now think need 140,000 hospital beds. Have 53,000 now. Peak may not hit for two or three weeks.
First step is going to be to ask all existing hospitals to increase their own capacity by as much as 100%.Second step is to build temporary hospitals with the help of the US Army Corps of Engineers and other federal and state players, including NYC Javits Convention Center
Also needs to find staff, is recruiting retired medical personnel. And needs massive amounts of medical equipment quickly. Greatest critical need our ventilators
State has found 7,000 ventilators. It needs another 30,000 ventilators, he estimates
Cuomo expresses intense frustration with the unwillingness of the Trump administration to use its powers to order companies to make ventilators."I did not for the life of me understand the reluctance to use the federal Defense Production Act act"
