Gov Cuomo revealed the executive director of the Port Authority of NY/NJ, Rick Cotton, was among those to test positive for coronavirus and was now working from home. He said Cotton had been on the ground at various airports
The head of New York and New Jersey’s Port Authority, which oversees airports in both states, has tested positive for coronavirus as the number of cases in the state increased to 142 with 19 in New York City.
Rick Cotton – the executive director of the Port Authority – tested positive for coronavirus and was now working from home, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed on Monday.
He said Cotton had been on the ground at airports as he oversaw the Port Authority’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Port Authority is in charge of all five airports in New York and New Jersey, including JFK, newark nj to nyc and LaGuardia.
Members of Cotton’s team and senior officials at the Port Authority who may have come into contact with him are now also being tested and are currently in self-quarantine.
Cuomo admitted he could have been in contact with Cotton but said he hadn’t been tested because he is an ‘improbable positive’, which means he is unlikely to have the virus.
The governor implied that Cotton may have been infected at JFK Airport.
‘He has been at the airports, obviously, when many people were coming back with the virus,’ Cuomo said, adding that it ‘was one of the main airports for people coming in on those overseas flights’.
The Port Authority headquarters is located at 4 World Trade Center in Manhattan, which is a 72-story building that is also occupied by other companies.
It is not clear when Cotton was tested but journalist Katie Couric, who said she was an old friend, tweeted that she had seen him on Saturday.
When her Twitter followers quickly started urging her to self-quarantine as well, Couric added that they didn’t touch.
There are now 142 cases in New York state with 20 of those in New York City and 11 in New Jersey.
In addition to Cotton, the new New York City cases include a seven-year-old girl in the Bronx who is believed to be the youngest confirmed case in the country.
The girl, who is a student at Westchester Torah Academy, has no preexisting conditions and is recovering at her home with minimal symptoms.
Her family has tested negative to coronavirus.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a new state-made sanitizer on Monday as he gave the update on the increased number of coronavirus cases after declaring a state of emergency over the weekend
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the new sanitizer on Monday as he gave an update on the increased number of coronavirus cases after declaring a state of emergency over the weekend
