'Amazingly good news': New York healthcare workers not testing positive for coronavirus at higher rate than general public
New York has released more details into who has tested positive for the coronavirus in the state, and Governor Andrew Cuomo said the per cent of healthcare workers with Covid-19 is not higher than the general public.
“That is amazingly good news,” Mr Cuomo said during his press briefing on Thursday.
The state has aggressively tested healthcare workers for the coronavirus because they are directly in contact with people infected.
In New York City and Westchester, healthcare workers tested lower than the general public for antibodies.
About 6.8 per cent of workers tested positive in Westchester compared to 13.8 per cent of the general public. New York City showed 12.2 per cent of workers testing positive compared to 19.9 per cent of general public.
“We were afraid of what was going to happen, and the healthcare workers actually are at about the same or lower than the general population in that area,” the governor said.
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