11 in NY have new virus, many with ties to afflicted lawyer

Name: 11 in NY have new virus, many with ties to afflicted lawyer
Uploaded: 2020-03-05T03:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials seeking to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in New York state focused Wednesday on a suburban community where nine people connected with a lawyer hospitalized with the disease have now tested positive. Hundreds of people were ordered to self-quarantine as the new results pushed the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state to 11.

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials seeking to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in New York state focused Wednesday on a suburban community where nine people connected with a lawyer hospitalized with the disease have now tested positive. Hundreds of people were ordered to self-quarantine as the new results pushed the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state to 11.

Posted March 4, 2020 10:07pm EST