Newark Mayor: Officials Searching for Coronavirus Patient Who Gave Fake Name

A woman crosses the millennium bridge wearing a face mask for protection against the corona virus in London, England on March 16, 2020. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

A coronavirus patient who went to Newark’s East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey gave a false name and a false address to doctors, prompting the city’s mayor to urge her to come forward.

“Because you gave a false name—because you gave a false address—you put yourself and many, many people at risk,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a video on Tuesday. “Not only just in the City of Newark, but all of the surrounding cities in this state as well.”