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Two Queens natives had a face-to-face at the White House on Tuesday — President Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The pair met for a rare sit-down in the Oval Office to discuss coronavirus testing.
The governor has asked Trump for
on testing, seen as the next big step toward restarting the economy.
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Here’s what else we learned today:
New York crisis:
- Amid an overload of COVID-19 patients, New York state issued a drastic new guideline urging emergency-services workers not to bother trying to revive anyone without a pulse when they get to a scene.
- A barrage of prank messages forced the city to temporarily shut down its new text service that lets New Yorkers snitch on social-distancing violators. The crank complaints included “dick pics” and people flipping the bird.
- A recreational drug shortage may be on the Big Apple’s horizon, with the prices of marijuana, cocaine and heroin shooting up amid the pandemic.
More help from DC:
- Congress and the White House reached a deal on a $484 billion relief package to replenish small-business loans and fund medical responses to the pandemic
- A new report found dozens of publicly traded companies scored $300 million from the original fund before it ran out.
Fun you won’t be having:
- Iconic events around the world were canceled Tuesday due to the outbreak, including Spain’s Running of the Bulls in July and Germany’s Oktoberfest beer festival.
- The 2020 Scripps National Spelling Bee was also C-A-N-C-E-L-E-D for the first time since 1945.
- And New York City’s annual Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks blowout could also be a no-go.
Getty ImagesIn China:
- The head of the Chinese Communist Party’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention defended his country’s response to the pandemic amid widespread criticism.
- Weeks after troubling images emerged showing damaged equipment at the Wuhan virology lab where some claim the outbreak may have originated, Chinese state media released footage that purports to show scientists there safely toiling away.
Working it out:
- Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez may be able to buy the Mets at a discount, thanks to the financial impact of the outbreak.
- Tom Brady was booted for working out in a Tampa park that was closed because of the pandemic.
Meanwhile…
- While most countries are working on ways to contain the virus, New Zealand has set itself a much more ambitious goal: eliminating it altogether.
- And hundreds of Amazon warehouse staffers are staying home today in protest of their work conditions during the pandemic.
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