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Cuomo: UK’s COVID-19 mutation ‘is on a plane to JFK’ without testing
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Bulgaria have all announced bans or strict restrictions on UK travelers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday called it "reprehensible" and "grossly negligent" to allow UK travelers to fly into JFK Airport without being tested despite a contagious new mutation of the coronavirus shutting down London.
"Right now. Today," the governor stressed, calling for the feds to impose coronavirus testing of UK travelers at a "minimum," if not an outright ban.
"Literally six flights a day. And all it takes is one person," he said of the possible seed for the new strain’s spread.
So far, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Bulgaria have all announced bans or strict restrictions on UK travelers since Johnson announced London’s lockdown on Saturday.
"The New York Port Authority has no authority to ban passengers, health monitor passengers. It’s federal," he said.
Gov Cuomo also feared that there was only a "working assumption" that the coronavirus vaccines would be effective against the new strain, saying, "the experts have been so wrong … I take it all with a grain of salt, to tell you the truth."
Cuomo: UK’s COVID-19 mutation ‘is on a plane to JFK’ without testing
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Bulgaria have all announced bans or strict restrictions on UK travelers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday called it "reprehensible" and "grossly negligent" to allow UK travelers to fly into JFK Airport without being tested despite a contagious new mutation of the coronavirus shutting down London.
"Right now. Today," the governor stressed, calling for the feds to impose coronavirus testing of UK travelers at a "minimum," if not an outright ban.
"Literally six flights a day. And all it takes is one person," he said of the possible seed for the new strain’s spread.
So far, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Bulgaria have all announced bans or strict restrictions on UK travelers since Johnson announced London’s lockdown on Saturday.
"The New York Port Authority has no authority to ban passengers, health monitor passengers. It’s federal," he said.
Gov Cuomo also feared that there was only a "working assumption" that the coronavirus vaccines would be effective against the new strain, saying, "the experts have been so wrong … I take it all with a grain of salt, to tell you the truth."
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