{"id":1060431,"date":"2021-11-27T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1060431"},"modified":"2021-11-27T20:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:13:34","slug":"new-york-state-declares-state-of-emergency-over-omicron-coronavirus-variant-yet-100-recent-sampled-cases-were-delta-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-state-declares-state-of-emergency-over-omicron-coronavirus-variant-yet-100-recent-sampled-cases-were-delta-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Declares State of Emergency over Omicron Coronavirus Variant, Yet 100% Recent Sampled Cases Were Delta Variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-state-declares-state-of-emergency-over-omicron-coronavirus-variant-yet-100-recent-sampled-cases-were-delta-variant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1060431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kathy-Hochul-NY-Tough-mask-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New York State has declared a state of emergency over the Omicron coronavirus variant, despite the fact that 100 percent of New York\u2019s sampled cases in the last two weeks were the Delta variant of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">We continue to see&nbsp;warning signs of&nbsp;spikes in COVID this winter, and while the new Omicron variant has&nbsp;yet&nbsp;to be&nbsp;detected in New York State, it\u2019s coming,\u201d Hochul said in a tweet on Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cToday I signed an Executive Order&nbsp;to help <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HealthNYGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1464365754606886917%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fstate-watch%2F583233-ny-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-to-prepare-for-omicron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@HealthNYGov<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> boost hospital capacity ahead of potential spikes,\u201d she announced:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.723270440252\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We continue to see&nbsp;warning signs of&nbsp;spikes in COVID this winter, and while the new Omicron variant has&nbsp;yet&nbsp;to be&nbsp;detected in New York State, it&#8217;s coming. <\/p>\n<p>Today I signed an Executive Order&nbsp;to help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HealthNYGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HealthNYGov<\/a> boost hospital capacity ahead of potential spikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/1464365754606886917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/583233-ny-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-to-prepare-for-omicron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hill<\/a><\/em><\/em>, \u201cthe executive order, in effect until at least Jan. 15, allows nonessential procedures to be postponed in hospitals in order to increase hospital capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hochul is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-combating-covid-19-89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urging<\/a> New Yorkers to \u201cuse the tools that we know help prevent the spread of this deadly virus,\u201d which she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-combating-covid-19-89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed<\/a> as wearing a mask indoors, washing hands, and getting vaccinated. She begged unvaccinated individuals to get the shot \u201cas soon as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s executive moves come despite the fact that New York has not recorded any cases of the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/covid-19-variant-data\">website<\/a> [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><strong>For samples of SARS-CoV-2 collected between November 7 and November 20, 2021 from New York State that are sequenced and entered into Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID), 100% were the Delta variant,<\/strong> compared to 99.2% in the previous two-week period.<\/p>\n<p>Between November 14 and November 20, CDC\u2019s program for HHS Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico) estimated 100% of samples were the Delta variant, compared to 100% in the previous one-week period.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response to the variant, the U.S. will&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/11\/26\/u-s-to-restrict-travel-from-8-african-countries-over-covid-variant-fears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restrict<\/a> travel for non-U.S. citizens from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/LevineJonathan\/status\/1464626343388270601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> that it skipped naming the new variant \u201cXi\u201d to avoid \u201cstigma\u201d to anyone who may be named that \u2014 an obvious concern related to the Chinese dictator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York State has declared a state of emergency over the Omicron coronavirus variant, despite the fact that 100 percent of New York\u2019s sampled cases in the last two weeks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1060431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}