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Jay Varma is a physician and epidemiologist [1] who previously served as senior advisor for public health [2] [3] and COVID-19 to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. [4] [5]In that role, Varma helped lead New York City's COVID-19 pandemic response, including diagnostic testing, [4] contact tracing, [6] vaccine mandates [7] and the phased re-opening of businesses. [8]
Siegel has hosted the SiriusXM radio show Doctor Radio Reports [46] twice a week since March 2020, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of public health efforts to neutralize it. He is the medical director of Doctor Radio. [47]
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in March 2020. [14] [15] By April, the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City had more confirmed coronavirus cases than China, the United Kingdom, or Iran, and by May, had more cases than any other individual country.
New York officials say 80% of coronavirus patients who used ventilators in the city have died, the Associated Press reported. Unusually high death rates have also been recorded elsewhere in the world.
New York City will offer coronavirus antibody testing to all health care workers and first responders, Mayor de Blasio announced Wednesday. The city will also work with the military to give ...
One doctor said the emergency department has been “overwhelmed” for about three weeks and the hospital is in desperate need of help. 'This is a war': NYC doctors describe fight against coronavirus
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New York State on March 1, 2020, in a 39-year-old health care worker who had returned home to Manhattan from Iran on February 25. [9] [10] Genomic analyses suggest the disease had been introduced to New York as early as January, and that most cases were linked to Europe, rather than Asia. [1]
As of 2022, the hospital is ranked the seventh-best hospital in the United States and second-best in the New York City metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The hospital has more than 6,500 affiliated physicians, 20,000 employees and 2,600 beds in total.