NYC’s Emergency Systems Taxed by Outbreak

New York City Fire Department paramedic Ravi Kailayanathan poses for a portrait in New York, on April 8, 2020. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo

NEW YORK—The CCP virus crisis is taxing New York City’s 911 system like never before.

The system is so overwhelmed, the city has started sending text and tweet alerts urging people to only call 911 “for life-threatening emergencies.”