The FDA has approved the Yale University School of Public Health "spit test." This is a quick saliva test. Spit into a tube and 5 minutes later a result is shown. It has 90%-95% accuracy. About the same as the nasal swab test. The NBA, MLB and major league soccer have been using this test on thousands of players and staff. This is the kind of test that could be rolled out as a home kit the world over.
When traveling overseas and returning to the USA the airlines hand out US Customs & Border Protection documents that need to be filled out upon re-entering the USA. Now, if you fly into any NY airport documents will be handed out and be filled in by passengers arriving in NY about where they came from and where are they going to with current contact information. If the paperwork is not handed in before leaving the airport it's an immediate $2000 fine. This is to be sure people arriving from hot spots quarantine 14 days upon arrival.
Today New York reaches a milestone in the battle of COVID-19. For the first time hospitalizations have fallen below 1000 cases. Still a lot of people. Unfortunately, other states are not having such luck. Below is the daily email from Governor Andrew Cuomo on the status of the virus in New York State.
After months of lockdown and shelter in place COVID-19 does not want to give up. Cases are surging in the sunbelt section of the United States. Why this is occurring is not really known. What is known is that new cases are trending down in age. States are hitting new single day records of the Coronavirus.