Mayor warns of COVID rise in Borough Park
After announcing that the increase in COVID-19 cases in Sunset Park doesn’t appear to be a cluster situation, Mayor Bill de Blasio warned of an increase in positive cases in Borough Park.
“I was out in Sunset Park, Brooklyn Tuesday, and I was out there with a lot of volunteers,” said de Blasio. “This outreach effort has been going on for a while, but intensely over the last week.”
“We’ve seen an uptick in just the last few days [in Borough Park] and particularly a group of 16 cases that came out recently that we see as an early warning sign,” he said. “Some of these 16 cases are linked to a recent wedding, a large wedding in fact, in the community. So, we are working immediately to galvanize community leaders, to work with the Test and Trace Corps, and had a good call last night with a group of community leaders from Borough Park. They certainly understand the urgency of the situation.”