US reports 19 more coronavirus deaths, New York declares state of emergency

Coronavirus epidemic claimed two more lives in Washington state taking nationwide death toll 19 and number of confirmed cases only in New York rose to 89 on March 7. In wake of rising number of COVID-19 cases, New York Goverr Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in state.

State of emergency declaration allows expedited procurement of cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer and or essential resources. It also allows expedited personnel onboarding, procurement of testing supplies and equipment, and qualified professionals or than doctors and nurses to conduct testing.

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' price gouging'

Cuomo said in a statement that state of emergency declaration gives ministration certain powers to help local health departments that are very stressed. He ded that y are also cracking down on price gouging and warned businesses of cancelling ir license saying y are “very serious” about it.

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Coronavirus epidemic has become a major concern around world as more than 100,000 cases have been confirmed globally. worst affected countries are China, South Korea, Iran, and Italy with around 3,500 deaths due to COVID-19. 

According to latest report, 27 new deaths in China due to coronavirus infections have been confirmed, taking total death toll because of dely virus to nearly 3,100. While most of cases are from Hubei province of China and city of Wuhan, epicentre of outbreak, or countries, including United States, Iran, Italy, and South Korea, have also reported deaths related to COVID-19.

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