'We’re finally ahead of the virus': Cuomo announces New York victory at curbing pandemic while still urging caution
Governor Andrew Cuomo expressed for months how New York has consistently been behind in curbing the spread of Covid-19. In the month of March alone, infection rates skyrocketed, inundating the healthcare system with patients.
But as shutdown measures remain throughout the entirety of the state, officials are finally declaring for the first time they’re ahead of the spread.
“The good news, on the overall, is we’re finally ahead of this virus. For so long we were playing catch up,” Mr Cuomo said on Friday. “We were behind it.”
He added: “Now I feel for the first time we’re actually ahead of it. We have shown that we can control the beast.”
Mitigation efforts proved to be effective after hospitalisation, intubation, and death rates all started to decline weeks into stay-at-home orders. NY Pause, the state’s name for its stay-at-home measures, would continue until 15 May for all of the state.
Even though New York could claim it was now ahead of the virus, the governor warned residents about easing restrictions out of fear another wave could hit.
“We haven’t killed the beast, but we are – we’re ahead of it,” he said.
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