NY Health Commissioner Dismisses White House Call for New Yorkers to Enter Self-Quarantine

NY Health Commissioner Dismisses White House Call for New Yorkers to Enter Self-Quarantine
Doctors test hospital staff with flu-like symptoms for the CCP virus in tents set up to triage possible COVID-19 patients outside before they enter the main emergency department area at St. Barnabas hospital in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 24, 2020. Misha Friedman/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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New York’s health commissioner on Wednesday dismissed a call from White House officials for anyone who left or is leaving the New York metro area to self-quarantine for two weeks.

“I would not follow that,” Dr. Howard Zucker told reporters in Albany.

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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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