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NY airports, hospitals feel pressure as virus alarms grow

by Associated Press
| March 23, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is scouring the globe for medical supplies and scouting temporary hospital locations as the coronavirus crisis grows. Flights to New York City-area airports were briefly suspended after an air-traffic control worker tested positive. As the number of confirmed cases statewide soared above 12,000, Columbia University's chief of surgery raised alarms about a torrent of patients soon overwhelming emergency rooms.

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