纽约州长安德鲁·科莫周日在电视上接受了冠状病毒的现场测试，以鼓励更多的纽约人在该州开始重新开放经济时也这样做。
在今天纽约奥尔巴尼的冠状病毒现场简报会上，当一名戴着个人防护装备的医生将一枚交换物插入他的鼻子时，科莫闭着眼睛站着。“这就是整个测试，”州长坐下来说。“我没有痛苦，我没有不舒服。闭上眼睛是一个放松的时刻。你没有理由不参加考试。”
科莫利用这次示威活动鼓励所有有症状的纽约人接受冠状病毒检测，然后宣布全州的检测能力已经增加到每天40，000人。纽约卫生专员霍华德·扎克博士补充说，包括私人实验室测试在内，每天的总容量约为80，000至90，000人。
2020年5月6日，纽约州长安德鲁·科莫在纽约曼哈塞特的诺思韦尔·范斯坦医学研究所举行的冠状病毒简报会上发表讲话。
科莫说，纽约现在有700多个检测点，目前可用的检测比人们正在使用的要多。他还补充说，随着纽约州开始重新开放，需要加大检测力度，以监控和遏制疾病的传播。
对检测的推动偏离了医生在大流行期间向没有严重症状的纽约人发出的信息。在该州提高检测能力之前，鼓励无症状的个人和有轻微症状的人呆在室内，而不是冒险进入检测地点感染他人。
卫生官员现在敦促更多的居民接受检测，不管他们的症状有多严重。
库莫还扩大了那些有资格在周日进行测试的人的范围，他告诉公众，任何人在他的重新开放计划的第一阶段将返回工作，现在将有资格在免下车或步行的网站，以及任何人谁已经接触到一个受感染的个人。州长还宣传了一个新的网站帮助个人确定他们是否应该接受测试，以及哪个测试地点最近。
在致新闻周刊周日，库莫重申了他对更多测试的要求，并强调容量已经超过了州政府实际使用的容量。
“纽约一直在积极努力建立一个庞大的全州样本收集网络，现在测试的数量超过了任何一个州或国家的人均水平，但我们的新问题是我们拥有的站点和容量超过了实际使用的数量，”州长说。“纽约人接受测试的次数越多越好——我们将确保在我们重新开放计划的第一阶段返回工作场所的所有人都有机会接受测试，我们还推出了一个新网站，让纽约人更容易找到附近的测试地点。”
纽约州北部的五个地区现已开始该州重新开放计划的第一阶段，其中包括允许建筑业、农业、零售业、制造业和批发贸易业重返工作岗位。零售重新营业将仅限于路边或店内提货。
截至5月14日，纽约州已有超过359，800人冠状病毒检测呈阳性，其中超过28，300人死于这种新疾病。总的来说，美国目前共有约1，524，100个COVID-19病例，其中90，800多人死亡，343，000人康复。
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO GETS TESTED LIVE ON TV, URGES MORE NEW YORKERS TO GET TESTED AS STATE BEGINS REOPENING
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday got tested for coronavirus live on television to encourage more New Yorkers to do the same as the state begins to reopen its economy.
Cuomo stood with his eyes closed as a doctor wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) inserted a swap inside his nose during today's live coronavirus briefing in Albany, New York. "That is the whole test," the governor said as he sat back down. "I'm not in pain, I'm not in discomfort. Closing my eyes was a moment of relaxation. There is no reason why you should not get the test."
Cuomo used the demonstration to encourage all symptomatic New Yorkers to get tested for coronavirus, before announcing that testing capacity throughout the state has increased to about 40,000 each day. New York Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker added that total capacity was around 80,000 to 90,000 per day with the inclusion of private lab tests.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a Coronavirus Briefing At Northwell Feinstein Institute For Medical Research on May 06, 2020 in Manhasset, New York.
New York now has more than 700 testing sites and currently more tests are available than people are using, Cuomo said, adding that as the state begins to reopen, testing will need to be ramped up to monitor and contain the disease's spread.
The push for testing moves away from the message that doctors had previously been sending to New Yorkers without serious symptoms throughout the pandemic. Before the state increased its testing capacity, asymptomatic individuals and those experiencing mild symptoms were encouraged to stay indoors rather than risk infecting others by entering a testing location.
Health officials are now urging more residents to get tested regardless of the severity of their symptoms.
Cuomo also expanded the limits of those who qualify for testing on Sunday, telling the public that anyone who will return to work in Phase 1 of his reopening plan will now be eligible at a drive-in or walk-in site, as well as anyone who has come into contact with an infected individual. The governor also touted a new website to help individuals determine whether they should be tested and which testing location is closest.
In a statement to Newsweek on Sunday, Cuomo reiterated his push for more testing and stressed that capacity has now exceeded what the state is actually using.
"New York has worked aggressively to build a massive statewide sample collection network and is now testing more than any state or country per capita, but our new problem is we have more sites and capacity than we're actually using," the governor said. "The more New Yorkers get tested, the better—and we are going to ensure to all individuals who will return to the workplace in phase one of our reopening plan have access to testing, and we are launching a new website to make it easier for New Yorkers to find nearby testing sites."
Five upstate New York areas have now begun Phase 1 of the state's reopening plan, which includes allowing the construction, agriculture, retail, manufacturing and wholesale trade industries to return to work. Retail reopenings will be limited to curb side or in-store pickups.
As of May 14, more than 359,800 individuals had tested positive for coronavirus in New York state, with over 28,300 deaths caused by the new disease. Overall, the U.S. now has a total of around 1,524,100 COVID-19 cases, with over 90,800 deaths and 343,000 recoveries.
