{"id":8896,"date":"2020-03-11T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=8896"},"modified":"2020-03-11T09:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:13:59","slug":"is-this-the-beginning-of-medical-martial-law-in-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=8896","title":{"rendered":"Is this the beginning of medical martial law in New York State?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronavirus: Troops sent to New York ‘containment zone’<\/strong><\/h1>\n

BBC<\/p>\n

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EPA – Residents of New Rochelle have been taking precautions<\/p><\/div>\n

New York’s governor has announced that troops will be sent into a town north of the city in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The National Guard will deliver food to quarantined individuals in New Rochelle, where a one-mile (1.6km) “containment zone” will be enforced.<\/p>\n

The area has seen “the largest cluster” of US cases, Andrew Cuomo said as he announced the measures on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

There are more than 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US so far.<\/p>\n

New York state has 173 active cases, the most in the US, and 108 of them are in Westchester County where New Rochelle is located.<\/p>\n

China – where the virus was first detected – has seen a total of 80,754 confirmed cases and 3,136 deaths.\u00a0But it recorded its lowest number of new infections<\/a>, just 19, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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What’s happening in New York?<\/h2>\n

New York City has 36 confirmed cases of the virus. But New Rochelle, which has a population of just 77,000, is believed to have at least twice as many.<\/p>\n

“[It’s] a particular problem,” Mr Cuomo said. “It’s a phenomenon.”<\/p>\n

A synagogue is reported to be at the centre of the New Rochelle outbreak and around 1,000 people associated with the temple are now in quarantine.<\/p>\n

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Mr Cuomo announced a string of measures on Tuesday afternoon in a bid to quell the spread of the virus in the area. He said the “dramatic action” was a “matter of life and death”.<\/p>\n

Schools, gathering places and businesses in the virus hot spot will be closed for two weeks. Officials will also set up a coronavirus testing facility at a local hospital.<\/p>\n

The National Guard will be deployed to help clean schools and public spaces as well as deliver food.<\/p>\n

But Mr Cuomo stressed there would be no travel restrictions in the town.<\/p>\n

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GETTY IMAGES – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says travel is not restricted in and out of the city<\/p><\/div>\n

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