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New York City's coronavirus outbreak spread from more European sources than first reported. The COVID-19 pandemic started earlier than previously thought in New York City and Long Island by dozens of people infected mostly with strains from Europe. A new analysis also shows that most of the spread was within the community, as opposed to coming from people who had traveled. Source 7w.
A critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish hospital is the first to get a non-trial COVID-19 vaccine in New York. "I feel hopeful today," said Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at New York's Long Island Jewish Medical Center, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo watched via livestream. Ref. USAToday.
Where COVID-19 hit hardest, sudden deaths outside the hospital increased, study finds. A study across New York City found that out-of-hospital sudden deaths follow the geographic distribution of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting an association between the two, investigators report. Source 1y.
COVID-19 deaths at New York nursing homes were undercounted by as much as 50%, state investigation finds. A probe by the New York Attorney General's Office found that coronavirus deaths of nursing home residents in the state may have been undercounted by as much as 50% as poor infection-control practices and understaffing fueled the coronavirus crisis inside the long-term care facilities. Ref. USAToday.
Coronavirus transmission in Queens drove the first wave of New York city's pandemic, study finds. The most populous boroughs in New York City, Queens and Brooklyn, likely served as the major hub of COVID-19 spread in the spring of 2020, a new study finds. Source 2a.