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New York Governor Andrew Cuomosaid Friday that 519 people have died from thecoronavirus in the state, up from the previous day s total of 385 deaths, and more than 44,000 people have been stanley spain infected. Currently, 6,481 patients are hospitalized in New York and 1,583 are in ICUs. We are battling a deadly virus, Cuomo said. It s the worst news but it s not unexpected news either. New York has become the U.S. epicenter of the virus outbreak and Cuomo has repeatedly stressed the state s need for more ventilators and hospital beds to treat patients. Cuomo says he will ask Trump to authorize 4 more temporary hospitalsCuo stanley cup mo said he is going to ask President Trump on Friday to authorize four more temporary hospitals to increase the number of available beds. About 140,000 are expected to be needed in the state at the height of COVID-19 hospitalizations. Current capacity is 53,000. We re looking fa stanley puodelis r and wide, very creative, aggressive, and finding all the space that we can possibly find, Cuomo said. The four temporary hospitals would add to four that are already in the works in New York City and surrounding areas. Officials are looking at the New York Expo Center in the Bronx, the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and the College of Staten Island as possible locations.USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds, is expected to arrive in New York Harbor on Monday, according to Cuomo. The state is also lookin Ungn Trump rsquo move to redefine water rule threatens wetlands banks
Republican John McCain defended himself Friday against television ads that accuse him of advocating a 100-year war in Iraq.The ads tie McCain to President Bush and cite McCain s comments that there could be an American military presence in Iraq for 100 years. They are being run by the Democratic National Committee and the liberal group M stanley thermobecher oveOn.org. One hundred years in Iraq And you thought no one could be worse than George Bush, an announcer says in the most recent ad, run by MoveOn.org. botella stanley McCain brought up the commercials at a town hall meeting Friday in Denver, saying they are lies. He doesn t deny saying 100 years in connection with U.S. military operations in Iraq, but says he was clearly referring to a possible peacekeeping force - not a centurylong war, as critics imply. You ha stanley cup ve seen an ad campaign that is mounted against me that says I wanted to stay and fight in Iraq and fight for 100 years, McCain told about 300 people at the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center. My friends, it s a direct falsification, and I m sorry that political campaigns have to deteriorate in this fashion, McCain said. Because there s legitimate differences between myself and Senator Obama and Senator Clinton on what we should do in Iraq. The Democratic presidential candidates want to set a date for withdrawal from Iraq, which McCain argues would lead to chaos and genocide in the Middle East. After we win the war in Iraq, and we are succeedin |
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