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We must not panic over the coronavirus
Peter Tu is urging calm aft er word
spread through Flushing that two women
were hospitalized with symptoms of
novel coronavirus Sunday. As the executive
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director of the Flushing Chinese
Business Association, Tu said the news
had an immediate eff ect across his bustling
neighborhood.
“I heard businessmen are losing more
than 30 percent,” he said. “Th at’s the situation
now and people are much more
worried about how the coronavirus is
going to be.”
Th e city Health Department said the
two individuals, each over 60 years old
who had recently traveled to mainland
China, where the outbreak began, had
reported symptoms of coronavirus that
includes fever, coughing and shortness of
breath. Th e fi rst person was admitted to
Flushing Hospital Medical Center and the
second one was hospitalized at New York-
Presbyterian Queens and elected offi cials
urged their constituents to remain calm.
“Nobody should be panicking,”
Congresswoman Grace Meng said.
“People should go about their daily routine
but be vigilant and prudent.” Meng
has been in constant contact with the
Centers for Disease Control and the city
and state health departments to help
monitor developments.
During his press briefi ng Sunday,
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Mayor Bill de Blasio told New Yorkers
that the city “has the strongest public
health apparatus in the nation.” Th e DOH
is updating Councilman Peter Koo daily
to keep him apprised of any new updates
so that information is relayed to community
based organizations like senior centers
and healthcare providers.
Th e arrival of coronavirus has been
labeled an eventuality considering that
our city is a hub of travel. Th e Centers
for Disease Control activated an entry
screening program at JFK International
Airport for passengers arriving from
the city of Wuhan, China, where the
outbreak began, but so far no passenger
has required further evaluation.
Th e bottom line is this: Th ere
is no reason for residents of
Flushing or the rest of the
borough to overreact or discriminate
against the Asian
community.
We’ve been through these
emergencies in the past with
the SARS outbreak in 2002, the
swine fl u epidemic of 2009, and
the Ebola crisis in 2014. Panic and
fear broke out here but each time
the city’s public health apparatus
proved itself to be the strongest in
the nation.
Photo by Dean Moses
Photo caption: Many have taken to wearing masks in Flushing as a precaution against the coronavirus.
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