Chinese respirators arrive in New York; Trump asks Cuomo to thank federal aid

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that the Chinese government has facilitated a shipment of 1,000 donated respirators to his state, as an example of the extreme measures leaders are taking to independently secure enough devices that could save lives. lives during the current coronavirus pandemic.

Cuomo praised the Chinese government for its help in securing the shipment of the assisted breathing machines, which arrived at Kennedy Airport yesterday, while acknowledging that the stockpile of medical supplies would be drastically reduced.

"We're all in the same battle here," Cuomo said, mentioning that the state of Oregon had also volunteered to send 140 ventilators to New York.

The rush to secure supplies has sparked an intense dispute between states and the federal government at a time when the nation faces one of its most serious emergencies. Leaders like Cuomo have been forced to go outside normal channels and work directly with authoritarian governments and private companies since March 7. a state of emergency was declared in your state.

The government has launched a social media campaign, "New York Tough," to encourage New Yorkers' resilience during this difficult time.

For his part, US President Donald Trump claimed that states are making inflated requests for medical supplies when the need is not there and suggested that he had a hand in sending the Chinese respirators to New York. Trump also said he would like to hear a stronger "thank you" from Cuomo for providing medical supplies and quickly helping to increase hospital capacity. Cuomo acknowledged that he had asked the White House and others for help negotiating supplies.

"We have given the governor of New York more than anyone has received in a long time," Trump told reporters in Washington.

While the state of Massachusetts used the Patriots football team's plane to collect more than a million masks from China, Russia also sent medical equipment to the US. Trump, for his part, said he would prevent the export of masks N95 protective masks to Canada and other nations, prompting a rebuke from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who instead continues to send gloves and test kits to the US.

The number of infected people in the US has now exceeded 312,000, with more than 8,500 deaths. More than 3,500 of those deaths occur in New York state, including more than 2,600 in New York City.

In addition to sourcing ventilators from China and Oregon, Cuomo ordered the state's private hospitals to redistribute breathing machines to those most in need.

"I want this all to be over," Cuomo said, noting that while it's been about 30 days since the state's first case, "it feels like a lifetime."

Trump also stated that the federal government is setting up a 2,500-bed field hospital at the Javits Convention Center in New York, which will be staffed by military personnel, and that similar projects are being built at hospitals in Louisiana and Dallas.

"Unfortunately there will be a lot of death, but a lot less death than if this were not done," Trump said. He later added that the federal government is "a backstop... the biggest backstop there has ever been for the states."

The death toll in New York On April 3, the death toll exceeded in the terrorist attack against the Twin Towers.