'Have seen things that I've never seen before': Trump expresses shock over images from NY hospital

President Donald Trump expressed his concern and disbelief on Sunday over toll that coronavirus is taking on New York City.

Trump was clearly moved by scenes from New York, particularly hard-hit Elmhurst Hospital in his native Queens.

"I've been watching that for last week on television," he said.

"Body bags all over, in hallways. I've been watching m bring in trailer trucks — freezer trucks, y're freezer trucks, because y can't handle bodies, re are so many of m. This is essentially in my community, in Queens, Queens, New York," he continued. "I've seen things that I've never seen before."

Queens accounts for 32% of city's more than 30,000 confirmed cases as of Saturday — more than any or borough.

Bracing nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, Trump on Sunday extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April, bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire projections for expanding coronavirus pandemic.

On Saturday, after saying he was weighing idea of a mandatory quarantine for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, President Donald Trump tweeted that inste he'd issue visory urging people in those states to avoid any nessential travel for two weeks.

De Blasio said he worried about visory's impact on families with members in New York and or places who were looking to reunite.

Most people who contract COVID-19 have mild or moderate symptoms, which can include fever and cough but also milder cases of pneumonia, sometimes requiring hospitalization.

risk of death is greater for older ults and people with or health problems.

Hospitals in most afflicted areas are straining to handle patients and some are short of critical supplies.

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