National Guard Helps Prepare Food for Quarantined Town of New Rochelle

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5 年前

The New York Army National Guard joined forces with Feeding Westchester to prepare food supplies to be distributed to residents in the quarantined New York town of New Rochelle on Wednesday, March 11.

This footage shows food items being prepared in a facility in Elmsford, New York.

On Thursday, National Guard troops helped hand out non-perishable supplies to residents at an outdoor drive-or-walk-up station in New Rochelle.

In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered a containment zone in Westchester County in a one-mile zone around Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue that took effect on Thursday, local media reported. Reports said the synagogue was the epicenter of coronavirus spread in New York, and the place of origin for 108 cases.

Residents were told they were free to visit area businesses but to avoid congregating in large groups, reports said.

As of Wednesday, New York authorities had confirmed 216 cases statewide. Credit: Feeding Westchester via Storyful