New Jersey's first drive-thru coronavirus testing site has been forced to turn people away after reaching full capacity just hours after opening - as health officials in full protective gear tested people in New York and some patients lined up on foot outside a Brooklyn hospital. Hundreds of cars lined up outside New Jersey's first large-scale drive-up testing site at Bergen County Community College in Paramus from 8am on Friday. Health officials had said the drive-up testing facility had the capacity to take in 2,500 specimens a week. But authorities were forced to close off the entrances to the site just four hours after opening due to a surge in demand. Meanwhile in New York, people lined up outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center on Friday to be pre-screened for coronavirus before being allowed inside the facility. In Staten Island, health officials in full protective gear could be seen approaching vehicles at one of its drive-up testing facilities.
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A top National Guard general on Friday refuted false rumors of martial law and a nationwide quarantine as troops continue to get called up amid the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News reported. Lengyel's tweet comes as many people across the U.S. reported receiving text messages warning of martial law, prompting authorities to assure residents the messages were fake. U.S. defense officials have warned that foreign bad actors could use this uncertain time to plant bad rumors in order to panic the American public. Governors across the country continue to deploy Guard troops in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Troops in New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Illinois, Louisiana and Michigan, among other states, are supporting relief efforts. Their mission includes disinfecting public spaces, distributing food, assisting with transportation and logistical support of health officials, and collecting and delivering samples.
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)?