Donald Trump has declared New York State a major disaster area as the number of confirmed #coronavirus cases skyrockets and it becomes the epicenter of the US outbreak. The US military said that is now working on plans to to take over hotels, college dorms and other buildings in New York State in a bid to bolster the country's number of hospital rooms as part of its response to the coronavirus emergency. The president's declaration comes as a hospital in the Bronx revealed it is running low on ventilators, a Queens doctor revealed that an elderly patient experiencing coronavirus symptoms died on the hospital ward floor and video (center showed hundreds lining up, waiting to be tested at Queens' Elmhurst Hospital. Drive-thru coronavirus testing centers in New York City and New Jersey (right) were also flooded by people with symptoms hoping to be checked out.
BREAKING NEWS! Mike Pompeo lies? Or Mail Online, WSJ and the Guardian published Chinese (Russians)?
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(WARNING: 21+) The Fairfield Police department released body cam Friday that shows what led up to a deadly officer-involved shooting. A grand jury returned no indictment against three officers involved in a deadly officer-involved shooting at a Fairfield apartment complex earlier this month, according to Butler County Prosecutor Michael T. Gmoser. It happened just before noon on March 6 at the Timber Hollow Apartments on South Timber Hollow Drive, just off Dixie Highway. Police say they were called to the apartment complex for a domestic dispute between a couple that lived at the address. During that confrontation, the man, Tyler Jones, 24, pulled a gun, a release from the Fairfield Police Department states. (Read the full story.) #shooting
#Coronavirus in The USA. California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Illinois have now ordered all non-essential businesses and services to close their doors and people to stay at home as much as possible to try to stunt the spread of coronavirus.
The New York Police Department released surveillance video showing a quartet of suspects - two of them wearing surgical masks - walking down a hallway at Hotel Ninety Five in Queens when robber falls out of second-story window and lands on his face but gets up and escapes. According to the police department, at around 6.20pm on February 24, the four perpetrators entered the hotel on 95th Street in Queens, knocked on a suite door and attempted to rob a 20-year-old guest. The #NYPD is searching for these four men suspected of making an unsuccessful attempt to rob a 20-year-old guest at a hotel in Queens, New York last month. #WANTED
With tens of millions of Americans on lockdown and more expected, the United States military is likely to take on a greater role in helping to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the coming days and weeks. The US Army Corps of Engineers is looking at converting more than 10,000 rooms in New York, potentially in hotels and college dorms, into medical care units to help address the fast-spreading coronavirus, the commanding general of the Army Corps said on Friday. President Trump on Friday declared New York State a major disaster area as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases skyrockets and New York City was declared the epicenter of the US outbreak by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Spring Breakers ignored coronavirus warnings to play volleyball and enjoy the beach in Clearwater, Florida, as city officials moved to shut down access by Monday. Fun-seeking sun worshipers ignored social-distancing warnings and were jammed on the sand in defiance in the city, where business owners dependent on local tourism had pleaded with local officials to not close the beach. Officials were hard-pressed to act with other Florida beaches closing and the escalating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected thousands around the world. So far, there have been 563 confirmed cases in Florida and 11 known deaths from the infection. #facepalm