NEW YORK (Sputnik) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pleaded on Monday with the thousands of local protesters to get tested for the coronavirus, saying he feared another spike in infections in a city reopening after a 100-day shutdown over the pandemic.
Tens of thousands of Americans have taken to the streets across the United States over the past two weeks after George Floyd, a Minnesota resident, died in a local hospital in Minneapolis after a police officer pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face down on the street.
Cuomo, who supports the Floyd-related protests in New York City with plans to enact police and criminal law reforms, said he was also concerned about another spike in COVID-19 cases among protesters who did not practice social-distancing.
The United States has been the country worst hit by the coronavirus, with New York City having registered nearly 209,000 novel coronavirus cases and almost 22,000 deaths from the pandemic.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
